Dell PowerVault MD3220 User Manual
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Troubleshooting: Your Storage Array Software
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Starting or Restarting the Host Context Agent
Software
The host context agent software module is the software component that
resides on the server or management station that communicates with the
MD3200 Series storage arrays. The SMagent software automatically starts
after you reboot the host.
Windows
To restart the SMagent software in Windows:
1 Click Start Settings Control Panel Administrative Tools
Services.
or
Click
Start Administrative Tools Services.
2 In the Services dialog, select Modular Disk Storage Manager Agent.
3 If the modular disk storage manager agent is running, click Action Stop,
then wait approximately 5 seconds.
4 Click Action Start.
Linux
To start or restart the host context agent software in Linux, enter the
following command at the prompt:
SMagent start
The SMagent software may take a little time to initialize. The cursor is
shown, but the terminal window does not respond. When the program starts,
the following message is displayed:
SMagent started.
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