Contents ● 8Monitoring Tasks.............................................................................................. 84Modifying a Task............................................................................................... 85Deleting a Task .................................................................................................. 85Disabling the Task Manager ............................................................................. 858 Maintaining Physical DevicesViewing Component Properties....................................................................... 88Blinking a Component...................................................................................... 88Working with Failed or Failing Disk Drives .................................................... 89Initializing and Erasing Disk Drives................................................................. 89Working with Solid State Drives ...................................................................... 91Working with Controllers ................................................................................ 92Testing and Silencing System and Enclosure Alarms...................................... 95Updating the Controller BIOS and Firmware ................................................. 98Updating the Disk Drive Firmware.................................................................. 999 Monitoring Status and ActivityMonitoring Options........................................................................................ 104Checking Status from the Main Window ..................................................... 104Notifying Users by Event Log Message About Status and Activity .............. 107Notifying Users by Email About Status and Activity ................................... 112Notifying Users by SNMP Trap About Status and Activity.......................... 117Notifying All Users About Status and Activity .............................................. 118Changing an Operating System’s Event Log Setting ..................................... 119Logging Statistics for Remote Analysis .......................................................... 12010 Updating and Customizing Adaptec Storage ManagerUpdating Adaptec Storage Manager .............................................................. 126Adding Enhanced Features ............................................................................ 126Setting Preferences and Changing Views....................................................... 126Managing Remote Systems............................................................................. 128Working with Display Groups ....................................................................... 13211 Solving ProblemsGeneral Troubleshooting Tips ....................................................................... 137Identifying a Failed or Failing Component ................................................... 137Stopping the Creation of a New Logical Drive.............................................. 138Recovering from a Disk Drive Failure ........................................................... 138Rebuilding Logical Drives............................................................................... 141Solving Notification Problems ....................................................................... 142Creating a Support Archive File ..................................................................... 142Understanding Error and Warning Messages ............................................... 143