Adaptec 5405 User Guide - Page 92

Silencing a Controller Alarm, Rescanning a Controller, Actions, Alarm actions, Test alarm, Silence

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Chapter 8: Maintaining Physical Devices ● 92 3 In the menu bar, click Actions, select Alarm actions, then click Test alarm. The alarm sounds. 4 To stop the test, click OK. Silencing a Controller Alarm You can silence the alarm on a controller while you fix the problem. To silence the alarm, click the Silence button (shown at right) in the main Adaptec Storage Manager window. Disabling a Controller Alarm You can disable the alarm for a selected controller, if required. ! Caution: If you disable the alarm, no audible signal will sound when an error occurs on the controller. To disable a controller's alarm: 1 In the Enterprise View, select the controller you want. 2 In the menu bar, click Actions, select Alarm Actions, then click Disable (shown in the figure in Step 3 on page 92). The alarm is disabled for that system. Rescanning a Controller After you connect a disk drive to or remove a 'Ready' (non-failed) disk drive from a controller, Adaptec Storage Manager may not recognize the change until it rescans the controller. To rescan a controller: 1 In the Enterprise View, click the controller. 2 In the menu bar, select Actions, then click Rescan. Adaptec Storage Manager scans all the channels or ports on the controller you selected. When the scan is complete, a report appears. 3 Click Done after you have reviewed the scan report.

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Chapter 8: Maintaining Physical Devices
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3
In the menu bar, click
Actions
, select
Alarm actions
, then click
Test alarm
.
The alarm sounds.
4
To stop the test, click
OK
.
Silencing a Controller Alarm
You can silence the alarm on a controller while you fix the problem.
To silence the alarm, click the
Silence
button (shown at right) in the main Adaptec
Storage Manager window.
Disabling a Controller Alarm
You can disable the alarm for a selected controller, if required.
Caution:
If you disable the alarm, no audible signal will sound when an error occurs on the
controller.
To disable a controller’s alarm:
1
In the Enterprise View, select the controller you want.
2
In the menu bar, click
Actions
, select
Alarm Actions
, then click
Disable
(shown in the figure
in
Step 3 on page 92
).
The alarm is disabled for that system.
Rescanning a Controller
After you connect a disk drive to or remove a ‘Ready’ (non-failed) disk drive from a controller,
Adaptec Storage Manager may not recognize the change until it rescans the controller.
To rescan a controller:
1
In the Enterprise View, click the controller.
2
In the menu bar, select
Actions
, then click
Rescan
.
Adaptec Storage Manager scans all the channels or ports on the controller you selected.
When the scan is complete, a report appears.
3
Click
Done
after you have reviewed the scan report.
!