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Troubleshooting: Your Storage Array Software

Blink Physical Disk) are currently being invoked from another storage

management station, these LEDs also stop blinking.

5 In the rare case that the LEDs on the expansion enclosure do not stop

blinking, from the AMW, select

Storage Array Blink Stop All

Indications.
If the LEDs successfully stop blinking, a confirmation message is

displayed.

6 Click OK.

Capturing the State Information

Use the Troubleshooting Capture State Information option to capture

information about the current state of your storage array and save the

captured information to a text file. You can then send the captured

information to your Technical Support representative for analysis.
Potential to cause an unresponsive storage array – The State Capture option

can cause a storage array to become unresponsive to both the host and the

storage management station. Use this option only under the guidance of your

Technical Support representative.

1 From the AMW, select Advanced Troubleshooting Capture State

Information.

2 Read the information in the Confirm State Capture dialog, and type yes

to continue.

3 In the Specify filename text box, enter a name for the file to be saved, or

browse to a previously saved file if you want to overwrite an existing file.
Use the convention filename.dmp for the name of the file. The suffix

.dmp is added to the file automatically if you do not specify a suffix for the

file.

4 Click Start.

NOTE:

Each test shows a status of Executing while it is in progress. The test

then shows Completed when it successfully finishes. If any of the tests cannot

be completed, a status of Failed is displayed in the Execution summary

window.

5 Monitor the progress and completion status of all of the tests. When they

finish, click

OK to close the State Capture dialog.

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