Dell PowerVault MD3620i User Manual

106 Configuration: About Your Host
Starting or Stopping the Host Context Agent
The host context agent discovers the host topology and starts and stops with
the host. The topology discovered by the Host Context Agent can be viewed
by clicking Configure Host Access (Automatic) in the Configure tab in the
MDSM.
You must stop and restart the Host Context Agent to see the changes to the
host topology if:
• A new storage array is attached to the host server.
• A host is added while turning on power to the RAID controller modules.
Linux
To start or stop the Host Context Agent, enter the following commands at
the prompt:
SMagent start
SMagent stop
You stop and then restart SMagent after:
• Moving a controller offline or replacing a controller.
• Removing host-to-array connections from or attaching host-to-array
connections to a Linux host server.
Windows
To start or stop the Host Context Agent:
1
Click Start  Settings  Control Panel  Administrative Tools 
Services
.
or
Click
Start  Administrative Tools  Services .
2 From the list of services, select Modular Disk Storage Manager Agent .
3 If the Host Context Agent is running, click Action  Stop , then wait
approximately 5 seconds.
4 Click Action  Start .
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Dell PowerVault MD3620i Specifications

General

Brand	Dell
Model	PowerVault MD3620i
Category	Storage
Language	English