Monitoring pfr 700 series storage with netcentral – Grass Valley Profile XP Service Manual User Manual
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Chapter 6 Troubleshooting storage system problems
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Profile XP Service Manual
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Monitoring PFR 700 Series storage with NetCentral
For PFR 700 Series RAID devices, the SNMP agent required for NetCentral
monitoring runs on the LAN card. The LAN card is a component in the PFR 700
RAID chassis. Communication with the NetCentral monitor takes place over the LAN
card Ethernet port. This means that to monitor the RAID chassis, you must follow the
cabling instructions and the network configuration instructions for the PFR 700 Series
RAID storage located in the Installation Guide for your Profile XP model.
Once you’ve configured your PFR 700 Series RAID storage as directed, you can add
it to the list of monitored devices in the NetCentral device tree. Since the network and
SNMP settings are set and stored on the LAN card, the RAID chassis, including its
one or two RAID controllers, is added to NetCentral as a single device. This means
that if you have redundant RAID controllers, both controllers report as one to
NetCentral, and you monitor the RAID storage as a single device.
CAUTION: Do not use the PFR 700 Series device configuration
application (MSMGR). This utility is not supported. Use the GVG Disk
Utility as described in the Profile XP System Guide to make all RAID
configuration changes.
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