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Universal RAID Utility Ver2.36 (VMware ESX Edition)
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[Software name ] Universal RAID Utility Ver2.36
[Registered name ] uru236r2861_esx_e1.tar.gz
uru23eug_compM.tar.gz
[Copyright (C) ] NEC Corporation 2007-2014
[Applicable model] Express5800/140Rf-4
Express5800/R140a-4
Express5800/R140b-4
Express5800/B140a-T
Express5800/120Ei
Express5800/120Rj-2
Express5800/120Rh-1
Express5800/120Lj
Express5800/R120a-1
Express5800/R120a-2
Express5800/R120b-1
Express5800/R120b-2
Express5800/T120a-M
Express5800/T120a-E
Express5800/T120b-M
Express5800/T120b-E
Express5800/iR120a-1E
Express5800/E120b-1
Express5800/B120a
Express5800/B120b
Express5800/B120a-d
Express5800/B120b-h
Express5800/B120b-d
[Users ] For users who will install following VMware ESX on NEC
Express5800 series.
- VMware ESX 4.0 Update 1
- VMware ESX 4.0 Update 2
- VMware ESX 4.0 Update 3
- VMware ESX 4.0 Update 4
- VMware ESX 4.1
[Software type ] Utility
[Creation method ] tar.gz format
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[Software Introduction]
Universal RAID Utility (hereinafter called "this software") is RAID System
Management Utility for the following RAID Controllers.
Universal RAID Utility Ver2.36 Rev 2861 Enhanced feature to detect a Medium
Error on the Physical Devices.
See the Revision History on this page for other updates.
<RAID Controllers>
- Onboard RAID Controller on NEC Express5800/140Rf-4, R140a-4, B140a-T
- Internal RAID Controller on NEC Express5800/120Ei, 120Rj-2, 120Rh-1,
120Lj, R120a-1, R120a-2, T120a-M, T120a-E
- N8103-90 Disk Array Controller (External SAS HDD)
- N8103-109 RAID Controller (128 MB, RAID 0/1/5/6)
- N8103-115 RAID Controller (512 MB, RAID 0/1/5/6)
- N8103-116 RAID Controller (128 MB, RAID 0/1)
- N8103-117 RAID Controller (128 MB, RAID 0/1/5/6)
- N8103-118 RAID Controller (256 MB, RAID 0/1/5/6)
- N8103-116A RAID Controller (128 MB, RAID 0/1)
- N8103-117A RAID Controller (128 MB, RAID 0/1/5/6)
- N8103-118A RAID Controller (256 MB, RAID 0/1/5/6)
- N8103-128 RAID Controller (128 MB, RAID 0/1)
- N8103-129 RAID Controller (256MB, RAID 0/1)
- N8103-130 RAID Controller (256MB, RAID 0/1/5/6)
- N8103-134 RAID Controller (512MB, RAID 0/1/5/6)
- N8103-135 RAID Controller (512MB, RAID 0/1/5/6)
- N8403-026 RAID Controller
- N8403-027 SATA Interface Card(When using for RAID System)
- N8404-001 Storage and I/O Blade AD106a
- N8404-003 Storage and I/O Blade AD106b
Carefully read the following user license agreement for NEC software
before using this software.
If you do not agree to the terms of the agreement, do not download this
software. By downloading this software, you agree to be bound by the terms
of the agreement.
(Attention)
1. This software is the installation image for VMware ESX.
The same installation image is used for installing Universal RAID Utility
Ver2.2 and the older versions in Linux and VMware ESX. From Universal
RAID Utility Ver2.3 or later, the different image is used for installation
in Linux and VMware ESX.
[User license agreement for NEC software]
This user license agreement is an agreement between you and NEC Corporation
(hereinafter called "NEC").
Under the following terms of this agreement, NEC grants you the right to
use the software program (hereinafter called "licensed program"), and you
are to agree to the terms. You are to take responsibilities for the choice,
installation, or use of the licensed program, or the results of the usage
of the usage of the licensed program.
1. Term
(1) This user license agreement goes into effect on the day you receive
this software product.
(2) You may terminate the right to use the licensed program under this
license agreement at any time by giving NEC a month's or longer notice
by letter.
(3) NEC may terminate your right to use the licensed program at any time,
if you fail to comply with the terms of this user license agreement.
(4) Your right to use the licensed program continues to exist until it
terminates in accordance with the provisions of this user license
agreement.
(5) When your right to use the licensed program terminates, all of your
other rights under this user license agreement also terminate. You must
destroy the licensed program, all the copies of the licensed program,
and the related documents (e.g., manuals) provided with the licensed
program as soon as your right to use the licensed program terminates.
2. Use right
You may use the licensed program only on NEC Express5800 servers using
VMware ESX as follows.
- VMware ESX 4.0 Update 1
- VMware ESX 4.0 Update 2
- VMware ESX 4.0 Update 3
- VMware ESX 4.0 Update 4
- VMware ESX 4.1
3. Copy, alteration, and linkage of the licensed program
(1) You may make a copy of the licensed program only to use it as a backup
copy in case the program data is lost or destroyed. However, this is
not the case if the licensed program is installed in fixed storage.
In this case, you may keep it only to use in case the storage medium of
the licensed program is lost or destroyed.
(2) You must give the expressions of the copyright of the licensed program
and other rights to all the copies of the licensed program.
(3) Unless otherwise specified in this user license agreement, you may not
use, copy, alter, or link the licensed program, you may not reproduce
it in publications or networks, or you may not make your own decision
on handling it in any other ways.
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the licensed program or reproduce them in publications or networks
under any circumstances.
(5) This user license agreement is not to transfer the intellectual
property for the licensed program to you.
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(1) You may transfer all of your rights under this user license agreement
only if satisfying all the following condition:
(a) You are to transfer this user license agreement, the licensed program,
all the copies of the licensed program, and the related documents
(e.g., manuals) provided with the licensed program, and retain none of
them.
(b) The recipient agrees to the terms of this user license agreement.
(2) Unless otherwise specified in this user license agreement, you may not
loan or transfer the licensed program or the right to use it to a third
party, or you may not make your own decision on handling it in any
other ways.
5. Decompilation
You may not reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the licensed program.
6. Term of a guarantee
(1) NEC does not give any guarantee for the licensed program. You are to be
liable and to pay for problems arising from the use of the licensed
program.
(2) Irrespective of the term (1), when NEC corrects licensed-program errors
(bugs), NEC may, at its discretion, provide an error-corrected program,
a program for correction (hereinafter called a modification program),
or information for correction by an NEC-decided method. The modification
program provided to you is regarded as the licensed program.
7. No liability
NEC assumes no liability for your lost profit, damages arising from
special circumstances (including damages which NEC can or could foresee),
or damages you are asked for by any third party.
8. Others
Disputes over this user license agreement are to be settled at the Tokyo
District Court as the exclusively agreed competent court.
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[Installation Procedure]
Please extract the installation image and then start installation.
Refer to the "Universal RAID Utility Ver2.3 User's Guide" which is contained
in the installation image for the detailed procedure of the installation.
The VMware ESX service console cannot display PDF files. Prepare the computer
for referring to PDF files.
- User's Guide
(1) Download the archive "uru23eug_compM.tar.gz".
(2) Copy the archive to any directory in the server in which PDF files
can be displayed.
(3) The archive "uru23eug_compM.tar.gz" is in the tar.gz format.
Log in by administrator, then unpack the archive.
- Using Windows as Operating System
Unpack "uru23eug_compM.tar.gz" by using archive manager.
- Using Linux as Operating System
Execute following command
# tar zxvf uru23eug_compM.tar.gz
After extracting the archive, the following files will appear.
Universal RAID Utility Ver2.36 User's Guide
+- uru23eug.pdf - User's Guide
+- uru23euga.pdf - Appendix A : Glossary
+- uru23eugb.pdf - Appendix B : raidcmd Command Reference
+- uru23eugc.pdf - Appendix C : Logs/Events
- Installation Image
(1) Download the archive "uru236r2861_esx_e1.tar.gz".
(2) Copy the archive to any directory in the server in which this software
will be installed.
(3) The archive "uru236r2861_esx_e1.tar.gz" is in the tar.gz format.
Log in by administrator, then unpack the archive.
After extracting the archive, the following files will appear.
Universal RAID Utility Ver2.36 Installation Image
bin directory
+- setup.sh - Universal RAID Utility setup script
+- subsys.txt
+- storelib-3.35-0.i386.rpm - StoreLib package
+- Lib_Utils-1.00-01.noarch.rpm - Lib_Utils package
+- UniversalRaidUtility-2.36-0.i386.rpm - Universal RAID Utility package
+- WebPAMPRO_Agent-3.15.0070-23.i386.rpm - WebPAMPRO Agent package
(4) To install this software, please refer to the section [Installation
and Uninstallation] in "Universal RAID Utility Ver2.3 User's Guide".
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[General Notice]
1. Reboot VMware ESX after creating the Logical Drive.
After Rebooting VMware ESX, the created Logical Drive becomes available.
2. The Logical Drive including a partition can be initialized or deleted
in VMware ESX.
All data will be lost on Logical Drive if the partitions exist on it.
Make sure there is no important data before initializing or deleting
Logical Drive.
3. Universal RAID Utility does not notify of events when VMware ESX is
started.
Confirm if the event notification works correctly when you start VMware
ESX.
(When you use N8103-134/135 RAID Controller, you do not have to do the
following confirmation.)
(a) Start the computer.
(b) The service console of VMware ESX is shown.
Wait about 5 minutes.
(c) Login VMware ESX.
(d) Confirm buzzer setting using raidcmd, and note the setting.
Run the following procedures to RAID Controller #1 when you use
multiple RAID Controllers.
# raidcmd property -tg=rc -c=1
RAID Controller #1
ID : 0
Vendor : LSI Corporation
Model : MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 (256MB)
...
Buzzer Setting : Enable
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(e) Change the buzzer setting using raidcmd.
Change [Enable] to [Disable] when the current buzzer setting is [Enable].
Change to [Enable] when it is [Disable].
# raidcmd optctrl -c=1 -be=disable
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buzzer setting(Set to enable or disable)
* The buzzer setting can not change in the Standard mode of raidcmd.
Change the running mode of raidcmd to Advanced mode.
(f) Confirm the last line of RAID log.
# tail /var/log/raidsrv/raid.log
(g) Confirm following event is registered.
In case of setting to [Enable]:
<RU0201> [CTRL:1(ID=0)] The buzzer of RAID Controller is enable.
In case of setting to [Disable]:
<RU0202> [CTRL:1(ID=0)] The buzzer of RAID Controller is disable.
If the above event is not found, the event notification does not
work correctly.
In this case, go back to the step (b) and run again.
Otherwise the event notification works correctly.
Go to step (h).
(h) Set the buzzer setting to the previous setting.
4. Use of Update Installation or Add Installation
Universal RAID Utility Ver2.3 or later does not support Update Installation
and Add Installation.
If you need this software update, you must uninstall the previous
version at first.
5. The TCP ports Universal RAID Utility uses have been changed in Ver2.33 and
the later versions as follows.
data port - 52805(Ver2.32 and earlier) - 5016(Ver2.33 and later)
event port - 52806(Ver2.32 and earlier) - 5017(Ver2.33 and later)
The change has no effect on operations of Universal RAID Utility.
In the following cases, however, you must change the settings of Universal
RAID Utility depending on your environment settings. Be sure to check the
description in [TCP ports used by Universal RAID Utility] in the Universal
RAID Utility User's Guide.
(1) You customized the TCP ports Universal RAID Utility uses and you would
like to continue using them, and/or
(2) You are going to update Universal RAID Utility from Ver2.32 or earlier
versions to Ver2.33 or later versions using ExpressUpdate.
Also you must change the settings of other applications in the following
cases. Be sure to check the description in [TCP ports used by Universal
RAID Utility] in the Universal RAID Utility User's Guide.
(1) You have specified the TCP port numbers Universal RAID Utility uses
for the firewall settings, and/or
(2) Other applications in you environment have been using the TCP ports,
5016 and 5017.
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[Revision History]
2014/12/25 Ver2.36 Rev 2861
"Enhancement"
1. Enhanced feature to detect a Medium Error on the Physical Devices.
Universal RAID Utility registers "A Medium Error was Frequently
Detected" or "A Medium Error was Intermittently Detected" event
message when the Medium Error was detected frequently or
intermittently on the same Physical Device.
2. A new feature is added to stop Patrol Read and Consistency Check
automatically.
When Patrol Read or Consistency Check is running and it detects
a Medium Error on the Physical Device frequently, the Patrol Read or
the Consistency Check is automatically stopped to suppress
deterioration of access performance to the Physical Device.
3. A new option is added to enable/disable the Automatic Stop for
Consistency Check.
Basically the Consistency Check is automatically stopped when it
detects a Medium Error on the same Physical Device frequently during
the run. Therefore you cannot check the whole data to be consistent
in this case. However you can execute the Consistency Check through
entire Logical Drive by the "Automatic Stop Disabled" function even
if a Medium Error is detected frequently.
4. A new feature is added to detect unexpected change of RAID configuration.
Universal RAID Utility registers a "RAID System unstable" event
message when there is a Physical Device which is excluded from the RAID
configuration even though it is not failure.
2014/3/4 Ver2.33 Rev 2455
"Enhancement"
1. Correction of supporting applicable model and RAID Controllers
2013/1/31 Ver2.33 Rev 2455
"Change"
1. Change of the TCP ports Universal RAID Utility uses
See No.5 of the General Notices in the document.
2012/11/30 Ver2.32 Rev 2430
"Improvement"
1. Bug Fix: An event of "OS fatal error" may be registered although no
error actually occurs.
2012/8/31 Ver2.32 Rev 2357
"Improvement"
1. Security fix for vulnerability issue that RAID management can be done
remotely due to the problem on URU intra-module connection.
2011/12/28 Ver2.31 Rev 1492
* Note that there is no change in the installation image.
"Enhancement"
1. Additional support of the following VMware ESX
- VMware ESX 4.0 Update 4
2011/9/30 Ver2.31 Rev 1492
* Note that there is no change in the installation image.
"Enhancement"
1. Additional support of the following VMware ESX
- VMware ESX 4.0 Update 3
2011/2/14 Ver2.31 Rev 1492
* Note that there is no change in the installation image.
"Enhancement"
1. Additional support of new Solid State Drive(SSD)
2. Replacement of the User's Guide
The User's Guide in the archive was replaced to the latest edition.
2010/9/24 Ver2.31 Rev 1492
"Enhancement"
1. Additional support of applicable model
- Express5800/E120b-1
2010/8/31 Ver2.31 Rev 1492
"Enhancement"
1. Additional support of the following VMware ESX
- VMware ESX 4.0 Update 2
- VMware ESX 4.1
2. Expansion of support range
- The models and RAID Controllers that have been managed only by
Universal RAID Utility Ver2.3 are now available with Ver2.31.
2010/7/30 Ver2.31 Rev 1492
"General Notice"
1. Removal of the following General Notice
- Returned Value from raidcmd
2. Addition of the following Note on Use of Universal RAID Utility in
User's Guide
"Patrol Read" is added.
"Enhancement"
1. Additional support of applicable model
- Express5800/R120b-1
- Express5800/R120b-2
- Express5800/T120b-M
- Express5800/T120b-E
"Changes"
1. Change of the method to identify Solid State Drive (SSD)
The internal method to identify a Solid State Drive and Hard Disk
Drive has been changed so that it is independent on the model of
Physical Device.
2. Change of measures to monitor Battery of N8103-134/135 RAID
Controllers
The method to check the health of the Battery of N8103-134/135
RAID Controllers has been changed so that it is determined based
on the remaining capacity of Battery.
"Improvement"
1. Improvement of Easy Configuration
Even if making more than 3 Hot Spares with Easy Configuration from
raidcmd, the error does not occur.
2010/6/30 Ver2.3 Rev 1454
"General Notice"
1. Addition of General Notice
General Notice 3. and 4. are added.
"Enhancement"
1. Additional support of the following RAID Controllers
- N8103-129 RAID Controller (256MB, RAID 0/1)
- N8103-130 RAID Controller (256MB, RAID 0/1/5/6)
- N8103-134 RAID Controller (512MB, RAID 0/1/5/6)
- N8103-135 RAID Controller (512MB, RAID 0/1/5/6)
2. Additional support of applicable model
- Express5800/R140b-4
- Express5800/B120b
- Express5800/B120b-d
"Changes"
1. The installation image
The installation image of Universal RAID Utility Ver.2.2 or older
versions for Linux has been the same for VMware ESX. For Universal
RAID Utility Ver2.3 or later versions, the installation image for
Linux is different from that for VMware ESX.
2010/3/31 Ver2.2 Rev 1322
"Enhancements"
1. Addition of VMware ESX 4.0 Update 1 for management
2. Additional support of applicable model
- Express5800/140Rf-4
- Express5800/iR120a-1E
"Changes"
1. Change registration policy of Physical Device Warning
- Even if command timeout or Physical Device reset occurs,
Universal RAID Utility does not register Physical Device Warning
from this version
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