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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Predictive Failure Analysis Service ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The Predictive Failure Analysis (PFA) service enables you to monitor the
functionality of all PFA-enabled and Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting
Technology (S.M.A.R.T.)-enabled disk drives installed locally on your system,
or on remote systems within your network. This service monitors both Small
Computer System Interface (SCSI) disk drives and Integrated Drive Electronics
(IDE) disk drives. With this service, you will be promptly notified when a
PFA-message is generated by an enabled drive. Also, you can configure this
service to automatically generate an Alert when a PFA message is received.
Each PFA or S.M.A.R.T. enabled physical drive is represented by an icon in the
Predictive Failure Analysis window. Predictive Failure Analysis Service uses
two different icons to help you quickly determine the status of each disk
drive. These icons are:
Icon Description
The drive has not reported any predictive failure analysis messages.
The drive has reported one or more predictive failure analysis
messages and may be failing.
Information that will help you identify the drive in question is listed beside
its icon.
The following information is included for SCSI disk drives only:
o Adapter
o Bus
o PUN and LUN
The following information is included for all disk drives:
o Physical Drive
o Logical Drive (not available on systems running NetWare)
o Size
To obtain more detailed information on an individual PFA or S.M.A.R.T. enabled
drive, or to configure Predictive Failure Analysis Service options for an
individual drive, select the drive from the Predictive Failure Analysis
window. This will open the PFA Options for Drive window.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. Close ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Select Close to exit the Predictive Failure Analysis Service.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. PFA Options for Drive ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Use the PFA Options for Drive window to view additional information about the
selected PFA or S.M.A.R.T. enabled drive, and to configure Predictive Failure
Analysis service options specific to the selected drive. Additional drive
information that is available from this window includes:
o Physical Drive
o Logical Drive (not available on systems running NetWare)
o Size
The following information is included for SCSI disk drives only:
o Adapter
o Bus
o PUN and LUN
o Vendor ID
o Product ID
o Product Rev
The following information is included for IDE disk drives only:
o IDE Unit Number
o Model Number
o Serial Number
The text that will be included when alerts are generated by this service is
displayed in the center of this window. Additional text can be added to this
message by entering it in the Additional Text for Alert Log field.
Enable the Predicative Failure Analysis service to generate alerts by
selecting the Generate Alerts checkbox and specifying an alert Severity.
The current Status of the selected drive is displayed at the bottom of this
window.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. Save ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Select Save to save the PFA Options you have configured for the drive.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. Exit ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Select Exit to close the PFA Options for Drive window without saving any
changes.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. Simulate ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Select Simulate to generate a simulated PFA error from the drive.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7. Reset ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Select Reset to reset the status of the selected drive. This will also reset
the drives icon in the Predictive Failure Analysis (PFA) window.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8. Additional Text for Alert Log ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Enter any additional text that you want to add to the Alert Text in this field.
For example, this additional text could include the telephone number of a
hardware service provider or of your on-site technical support staff.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9. Generate Alert Checkbox ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
If the Generate Alert checkbox is selected, the Predictive Failure Analysis
service will generate an Alert when a PFA Error message is reported by the PFA
or S.M.A.R.T. enabled disk drive. This alert will contain the Alert Text shown
in the PFA Options for Drive window as well as any additional text you have
entered in the Additional Text for Alert Log field, and will have the Severity
value you have selected in the Severity field.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10. Severity ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The Severity is a value from 0 to 7, with 0 being the most severe. Severity is
one of the Alert Conditions used by the Alert Manager to determine proper
responses to alerts. For more information regarding alerts, please consult the
Alert Manager's on-line documentation or the Netfinity Manager User's Guide.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11. Alert Text ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The Alert Text is a short, descriptive message that is sent as part of the
alert. This message will be displayed by the Alert Manager in the pop-up alert
message window and in the alert log. The Predictive Failure Analysis alert
text will also include any text that you enter in the Additional Text for Alert
Log field. For more information regarding alerts and the alert log, please
consult the Alert Manager's on-line documentation or the Netfinity Manager
User's Guide.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 12. Adapter ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The Adapter is the value of the adapter card that the SCSI disk drive is
connected to.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 13. Bus ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The Bus is the value of the bus port on the adapter card that the SCSI disk
drive is connected to.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 14. PUN / LUN Values ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The physical unit number (PUN) and logical unit number (LUN) are values
assigned to the disk drive to uniquely identify it within a system.
Note: If an individual physical drive is partitioned into two or more logical
drives, each logical drive will have the same PUN, LUN, and physical drive
value.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 15. IDE Unit Number ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The IDE Unit Number is the value of the connection to the IDE port that the IDE
disk drive is connected to. Allowed values are 0, 1, 2 and 3 corresponding to
Primary Master, Primary Slave, Secondary Master and Secondary Slave,
respectively.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 16. Physical Drive ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The Physical Drive value is a numeric value assigned to each hard drive unit in
your system. These values begin with 1 and increase with each additional hard
drive installed (i.e. if you have two hard drives in your system, their
Physical Drive values will be 1 and 2).
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 17. Model Number ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The Model Number is the name and part number of the IDE disk drive as provided
by the drive's manufacturer and contained within the disk drive.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 18. Logical Drive ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The Logical Drive value is a letter assigned to each hard drive or partition
you create on a hard drive. For example, if you have a 1 gigabyte drive, and
you divide this drive into 5 partitions of 200MB each, they will have Logical
Drive values of C, D, E, F, and G. However, each Logical Drive will share the
same PUN, LUN, and Physical Drive.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 19. Serial Number ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The Serial Number is the unique identification number of the IDE disk drive as
provided by the drive's manufacturer and contained within the disk drive.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 20. Size ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Size represents the total formatted size of the physical drive.
Note: Size does not represent space remaining on the individual drive.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 21. Vendor ID ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This is the name of the disk drive's manufacturer as provided by the disk
drive.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 22. Product ID ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This is the manufacturers ID number for the disk drive.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 23. Product Rev ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This is the hardware product revision level of the disk drive.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 24. Status ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The Status text shows the current status of the drive. If the Status shows
that a predictive failure analysis message has been generated by the drive, it
will also show the date and time at which the message was generated.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 25. Trademark ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Trademark of IBM Corporation
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 26. Trademark ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Trademark of Novell Corporation
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 27. Keys Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
When two key names are joined by a plus sign (+), use these two keys together.
Hold down the first key and press the second.
Alt+Esc
Switch to the next open window, full-screen session, or icon that is
minimized on the desktop.
Alt+Shift+Tab
Make the desktop window active.
Alt+F4
Close the local window.
Alt+F5
Return the window to the size it was and the location it was in before you
hid or maximized the window.
Alt+F7
Enable you to move the active window to a different location.
Alt+F8
Enable you to size the active window with the arrow keys.
Alt+F9
Remove from the screen the active window and all windows associated with
it. The windows are hidden or minimized, depending on how the program was
written.
Alt+F10
Enlarge the active window to its largest possible size (maximize).
Ctrl+Alt+Del
Restart the operating system on the local system.
Ctrl+Esc
Display the Window List on the local system.
Print Screen
Print the contents of the remote window to the default local printer.