********************************************************************** Adaptec CI/O Management Software, v4.02 Readme File June 23, 1999 ********************************************************************** This file contains notes on Adaptec CI/O Management Software v4.02 - NEW FEATURES IN V4.02 - NOTES AND CLARIFICATIONS ON ADAPTEC CI/O MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE V4.02 ********************************************************************** NEW FEATURES IN V4.02 ===================== An updated 32-bit user interface, featuring: - A graphical tree-style mapping capability - Fully updated dialogs and child windows - New Create Array wizard - Ability to start GUI in "iconized" mode - Critical event notification on Windows/NT, even with GUI closed Support for the Adaptec ARO-1302U160 array controller New features include: - Cache management for all supported RAID levels - Cache optimization wizard NOTES AND CLARIFICATIONS ON ADAPTEC CI/O MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE V4.02 ================================================================== SCHEDULED ACTIVITIES -------------------- The Test All Spares activity is scheduled by default to run once per day. If deleted from the Activity Scheduler, that task is automatically reinserted upon reboot of the system. A given CI/O activity should not be scheduled more than once to run at a specific time. Multiple events may otherwise be generated. PROBLEMS ACCESSING THE HISTORIC EVENT LOG FILE IOMGR.LOG -------------------------------------------------------- In extremely rare circumstances, entries in the Historic Event Log file "iomgr.log" may become unreadable, perhaps due to client and system software revisions being out of sync. Should this happen, the situation will be automatically detected and the existing file will be renamed to "iomgrlog.old". Then, a new log file "iomgr.log" will be created and subsequent events entered to that new file. Furthermore, an event will be posted in the new log, stating "Server Log database cannot be read. Database Reinitialized." If only a specific record in the log is found to be in error, the log will continue to report all valid records. The entry for that specific log event, however, will say "No data available for this entry." USE OF CI/O WITH WINDOWS/NT --------------------------- A conflict has been found between ARCServeIT v6.6 Workgroup Edition for Windows NT and CI/O Management Software v4.0x. When the ARCServeIT Message Engine is started before CI/O's Portmapper service, then the following message is observed: "Unable to register(TEV_TEV_VER, tcp)" A fix to ARCServeIT is available from that vendor for this condition. Or, as a work-around, the system administrator should manually start the "CIOArrayManager RPC Event" service first. This causes the "NobleNet Portmapper" and "CIOArrayManager RPC Command" services to start. Finally, the "ARCServIT Message Engine" service can be started. USE OF CI/O WITH ADAPTEC ARO-1302U160 CONTROLLERS ------------------------------------------------- Previously-used drives should be freshly formatted or initialized before being connected to the ARO-1302U160 controller. Otherwise, the ARO-1302U160 controller may not properly reconcile the fragments left over from previously created arrays. The "Make first Virtual Device" command, used to modify the boot order of arrays, will only operate upon the last array in the boot- order list. It will change the identifier of the array with the highest-numbered virtual device identifier to zero, thus making it the lowest-numbered identifier. The operation will be ineffective on arrays with intermediate identifiers. By repetitive use of the command, however, the boot sequence can be ordered as desired. If all disk drives connected to the ARO-1302U160 controller's channels are members of a single array, and that array goes off- line, then the CI/O display will change. This occurs because the array driver unloads from the system. The CI/O Management Software will no longer display any array controller, channels, or array drives. If all members of an array are missing, the array and its members are not displayed after a reboot or Rescan operation. In the rare circumstance that an array created on an ARO-1302U160 controller has multiple device failures and goes off-line, a critical event will be posted to notify the user. In certain situations, a second event may also be received, stating that the array is critical. The second event should be ignored. Reactivation of an off-line array may only be performed in certain situations. Specifically, the array must have had at least one member recognized by CI/O since the last system reboot. If the command fails, CI/O will post an error message. In this case, a system reboot is required before the array may be reactivated. If a RAID 0/1 array experiences multiple device failures, and reconstruct initiates from multiple defined spares, then an incorrect event may be observed. The event will state that an array member is down, but will reference the device ID of the spare. Upon Reconstruct of a critical RAID 0/1 array using a Pool Spare, the new member may be marked as "down" (red arrow through the icon) until reconstruct completes. ********************************************************************** END OF Adaptec CI/O Management Software v4.02 Readme File **********************************************************************Download Driver Pack
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