LSA LSI® Storage Authority Software
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LSI Storage Authority Overview
Support Matrix
Technical Support
LSI Storage Authority Features
Managing LSA on the VMware ESXi Operating Systems
Managing Host Hardware RAID Controllers
Increasing the Memory Limit of the Host Hardware RAID Controller
Increasing the Polling Interval of the Host Hardware RAID Controller
Disabling the Host Hardware RAID Controller
Optimizing Event Notifications
Configuring the Provider on ESXi Servers
Configuring LSA on Gateway Servers for Optimizing Events
Configuring LSA on Gateway Servers to Get Real-Time Events
Configuring the Firewall on Various LSA Installers
Configuring the Firewall on Gateway/StandAlone Installer (Windows)
Configuring the Firewall on Gateway/StandAlone Installer (Linux)
Configuring the Firewall on DirectAgent Installer
Collecting LSA Logs on VMware Operating Systems
Collecting LSA Logs on Windows and Linux Operating Systems
Logout and Reboot Requirements on VMware Operating Systems
Behavior of Event History
Behavior of Event Monitoring
Limitations of Installation and Configuration
Upgrading and Downgrading the Firmware on IT Controllers (VMware)
Differences in LSA for VMware ESXi
Performing Initial Configuration
Domain Authentication Behavior
Adding Translated Names in Windows
Adding Translated Names in Linux
Using LDAP Authentication
Accessing LSA over Network Address Translation
Changing the LSI Storage Authority Application Port Number
Hiding an Empty Backplane
Changing the nginx Web Server Port Numbers
Changing the nginx Read Timeout
Performing Initial Setup
Managing Servers from the Remote Server Discovery Page
Adding Managed Servers
Removing Managed Servers
Manually Discovering Servers
Alert Settings
Setting Up the Email Server
Adding Email Addresses of Recipients of Alert Notifications
Server Dashboard
Controller Dashboard
Configuration
Creating a New Storage Configuration Using the Simple Configuration Option
Creating a New Storage Configuration Using the Advanced Configuration Option
Adding Physical Drives
Adding Hot Spares to the Existing Drive Group
Adding Virtual Drives
Clearing the Configuration
Importing or Clearing the Foreign Configurations
UNMAP Capability Feature
UNMAP Capability Feature Behavior
UNMAP Feature Support
Personality Management
Changing Personality Modes
Changing Behavior Modes
Profile Management
Changing Profiles
Background Operations Support
Managing Controllers
Viewing Controller Properties
Running the Consistency Check
Setting the Consistency Check Properties
Scheduling a Consistency Check
Running Patrol Read
Scheduling a Patrol Read
Starting a Patrol Read Operation
Stopping a Patrol Read Operation
Managing SAS Storage Link Speed
Managing PCIe Storage Lane Speed
Setting the Adjustable Task Rates
Managing Power-Save Settings
Enabling and Disabling SSD Guard
Discarding Pinned Cache
Downloading the TTY Log
Updating the Controller Firmware
Firmware Activation Status
Managing Factory Defaults
Advanced Software
Activating Advanced Software
Advanced Software Status Summary
Activating a Trial Key
Activating an Unlimited Key over a Trial Key
Reusing the Activation Key
Application Scenarios and Messages
Securing Advanced Software
Configuring the Key Vault (Re-Hosting Process)
Implementing the Re-Hosting Process
Snapdump Feature
Snapdump Feature Support
Retrieving the Snapdump Output
Deactivating Trial Software
Fast Path Advanced Software
SafeStore Encryption Services
Enabling Drive Security
Changing Drive Security Settings
Disabling Drive Security
Importing or Clearing a Foreign Configuration – Security-Enabled Drives
Managing Drive Groups
Viewing Drive Group Properties
Adding a Virtual Drive to a Drive Group
RAID Level Migration
Migrating the RAID Level of a Drive Group
Adding Physical Drives to a Configuration
Removing Drives from a Configuration
Migrating the RAID Level without Adding or Removing Drives
Managing Virtual Drives
Viewing Virtual Drive Properties
Modifying Virtual Drive Properties
Start and Stop Locating a Virtual Drive
Erasing a Virtual Drive
Initializing a Virtual Drive
Starting Consistency Check on a Virtual Drive
Expanding the Online Capacity of a Virtual Drive
Deleting a Virtual Drive
Behavior of Virtual Drive Operations on VMware
Enabling the Schedule Panel Feature
Disabling the Schedule Panel Feature
Modifying the Time Limit of the Schedule Panel
Hiding and Unhiding a Virtual Drive or a Drive Group
Hiding a Virtual Drive
Unhiding a Virtual Drive
Hiding a Drive Group
Unhiding a Drive Group
Managing Physical Drives
Viewing Physical Drive Properties
Locating Tape Drives
Start and Stop Locating a Drive
Making a Drive Offline
Making a Drive Online
Replacing a Drive
Marking a Drive as a Missing Drive
Replacing a Missing Drive
Viewing Protected Drive Groups
Assigning Global Hot Spares
Removing Global Hot Spares
Assigning Dedicated Hot Spares
Rebuilding a Drive
Converting an Unconfigured Bad Drive to an Unconfigured Good Drive
Removing a Drive
Making Different Types of Drives
Making an Unconfigured Drive
Making a Good Drive
Making a JBOD Drive
Erasing a Drive
Erasing a Drive Securely
Sanitizing a Drive
Managing Hardware Components
Monitoring Energy Packs
Viewing Energy Pack Properties
Refreshing Properties
Setting Learn Cycle Properties
Starting a Learn Cycle Manually
Monitoring Enclosures
Viewing Enclosure Properties
Show Events
Downloading Events
Clearing Events
Customizing the Theme of the LSI Storage Authority Software
Viewing Default Theme Settings
Customizing the Logo
Customizing the Header Background Image