
  WELCOME TO PROMISE FASTTRAKSX4 UTILITIES! THANK YOU FOR SELECTING PROMISE PRODUCTS!


WHAT IS PTISXUTILS
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  Ptisxutils is the abbreviation of Promise Technology, Inc FastTrak SX serial product utilities. It contains RAID API, sxcslapp, ftsnmp, msgagt. RAID API is the application programming interface with FastTrak SX serial driver. Sxcslapp is a console mode utility to manage the RAID system. Ftsnmpd is the snmp agentx subagent to provide SNMP management. Msgagt is Promise message agent daemon.


PREREQUISITES
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  For RAID API: c++ standard library.
  For sxcslapp: ncurses library.
  For ftsnmp: net-snmp or ucd-snmp tools with master agentx supporting.
  For msgagt: c++ standard library.


NOTES
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1.You must have root privilege to run these utilities.

2.Before you run these utilities, make sure that you have installed promise FastTrakSX4 serial driver.

3.Before you run ftsnmpd and msgagtd, make sure you have configed network properly include firewall setup.


GETTING STARTED
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  Use "man ptisxutils" to see online help.

Run Command Line Utility
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    $> sxcslapp
  Press F1 in sxcslapp interface for more help.


Run SNMP Agentx Subagent
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1.start SNMP subagent:
    $> ftsnmp start
  Make sure there is a line saying "master agentx" in snmpd.conf file. If not, add the line to turn on the master agent support then restart snmpd and ftsnmpd.

2.stop SNMP subagent:
    $> ftsnmp stop


Run Message Agent Daemon
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1.start msgagt daemon:
    $> msgagt start

2.stop msgagt daemon:
    $> msgagt stop

3.monitor by PAM GUI utility
  Run PAM.exe under Windows OS to remote control msgagt daemon. If all things go well you will see a RAID Machine named as your linux machine name in PAM interface. Login it with default user -- "administrator", password -- "administrator" at first time.

4.man page
  Use "man msgagt" to see more information.


PROGRAMMING WITH RAIDAPI
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  Contact to Promise FAE group to get detailed technical support.


REPORTING BUGS
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  Send email to tonyw@promise.com to report bugs.
