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General Troubleshooting Tips, Identifying a Failed or Failing Component - cable

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Chapter 11: Solving Problems ● 136 General Troubleshooting Tips If you experience problems installing or using Adaptec Storage Manager, follow these suggestions: ● Ensure that you are logged in to Adaptec Storage Manager at the permission level you need to perform the tasks you want. (See page 27 for more information.) ● Ensure that all managed systems are powered on and that you are logged in to any remote systems you want to manage. (See page 32 for more information.) ● Check all cable connections. ● Try uninstalling and reinstalling Adaptec Storage Manager. Identifying a Failed or Failing Component When your are notified of a Warning- or Error-level event, use Adaptec Storage Manager's rapid fault isolation feature to quickly identify the source of the problem. For instance, in this example, a disk drive has failed. To find the failed disk drive, follow the yellow Error icons: Error is on a remote system... ...on Controller 1... ...on Device 1. Double-click Device 1 to open the Properties window and continue tracing the fault to its source... ...a disk drive failure.

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Chapter 11: Solving Problems
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General Troubleshooting Tips
If you experience problems installing or using Adaptec Storage Manager, follow these
suggestions:
Ensure that you are logged in to Adaptec Storage Manager at the
permission level you need
to perform the tasks you want. (See
page 27
for more information.
)
Ensure that all managed systems are powered on and that you are logged in to any remote
systems you want to manage. (See
page 32
for more information.)
Check all cable connections.
Try uninstalling and reinstalling Adaptec Storage Manager.
Identifying a Failed or Failing Component
When your are notified of a Warning- or Error-level event, use Adaptec Storage Manager’s
rapid fault isolation feature to quickly identify the source of the problem.
For instance, in this example, a disk drive has failed. To find the failed disk drive, follow the
yellow Error icons:
Error is on a remote system...
...on Controller 1...
...on Device 1.
Double-click
Device 1
to open
the Properties window and
continue tracing the fault to its
source...
...a disk drive failure.