Array status

To view array status with Array Properties, perform the following steps:

To view array status

  1. Open the DMP DSMs folder in the tree view.
  2. Right-click the array that you are interested in and the array context menu appears.
  3. Select Properties from the context menu.
  4. The Properties screen appears.

    The Properties screen contains the following:

    Array Name

    Displays the name of the array. The name is not user definable.

    Array Type

    Displays the type of load balance policy in effect for the array.

    Control Timer Settings

    A set of the following tunable parameters that affect the testing of a path's status or health.

    • Test Path Retry Count - The number of times DMP DSMs test a path to determine if it has recovered from an error condition. The default value is 0. The maximum value is 50.

    • SCSI Command Timeout - The amount of time a SCSI command waits for a device to respond to it. The default value is 30 seconds. The maximum value is 120 seconds.

    • Kernel Sleep Time - The interval of time the DMP DSMs kernel waits between attempts to recover a path from an error condition. The default value is 200 milliseconds. The maximum value is 10 seconds.

    • Failover Retry Count - The number of times DMP DSMs attempt a failover to another path when the current path fails. The default value is 0. The maximum value is 50. Click OK to exit.

    Load Balance Policy

    Displays the load balancing setting in effect. There is one option, Fail Over Only (Active/Passive), that does not provide load balancing. All other options provide load balancing.

    Option descriptions are available.

    See Active/Active and Active/Passive settings.

    The procedure to specify settings is described also.

    See Specifying load balancing settings for an array.

    Devices in the Array

    Displays the number of disks in the array and lists them by name.