Working with SCSI to SCSI Raid
When you system goes critical, there are various reasons why this can happen. The event log will provide you with the information about all recent activity with the system.
This information will help guide you to what has caused the problem.
Displaying the Event Log
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From
anywhere in the Disk Array Administrator software, press CTRL-E. |
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The
first screen of events from the event log displays. |
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Press
u
to page up or d
to page down in the log. |
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Keep
pressing CTRL-E
to
page through the other information screens and return to the menu |
Capturing
the Event Log
You can also capture the entire event log, which saves it to a file on your hard drive. This is useful if you want to print the log or attach it to an e-mail message. The steps below use HyperTerminal as the terminal emulator software.
If
you use a different terminal emulator, your procedure may be different.
To
capture the event log file:
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Using
HyperTerminal up and running as your RS-232 interface terminal, press CTRL-E
until the event log displays |
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From
the Transfer menu in HyperTerminal, select Capture Text |
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The
Capture Text window displays |
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Enter
the path and file name you want to use to store the log file contents |
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Save
the file with a .txt file extension |
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Click
Start |
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Press
P
on the keyboard to begin the transfer |
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From
the Transfer menu in HyperTerminal, select Capture Text |
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The
Capture Text window displays |
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Click
Stop |