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Promise technology EX4650 User Manual (232 pages)

Brand: Promise-technology | Category: RAID controllers | Size: 4.27 MB |

English

Table of contents

EX4650, EX4650A

1

EX8650, EX8650A

1

Copyright

2

Trademarks

2

Recommendations

2

Contents

11

Chapter 1: Introduction

13

Product Overview

14

Operating System Support

15

Browser Support

15

Key Features and Benefits

16

Specifications

18

Chapter 2: Installation

19

Installing the SuperTrak Card

20

Scenario 5: SAS Expanders

25

Choosing the Physical Drives

26

Installing WebPAM PRO

32

Internet Browser

33

Logging into WebPAM PRO

49

Login Screen

50

Setting up WebPAM PRO

51

Chapter 3: Installing Drivers

53

Driver Diskette for Windows

54

USB Memory Stick for Windows

54

Driver Diskette for Linux

54

Windows Vista

55

Existing System

56

Windows Server 2003

57

Windows XP

59

Windows 2000

61

New OS Installation

63

SuSE Linux Enterprise 10.1

64

SuperTrak BIOS

65

Main Menu

68

Controller Selection

69

Controller Information

70

Physical Drive Management

71

Disk Array Management

73

Changing Disk Array Settings

75

Logical Drive Management

76

Rebuilding the Logical Drive

81

RAID 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60

83

Spare Drive Management

85

Changing Spare Drive Settings

86

Deleting a Spare Drive

87

Background Activity

88

Event Log

89

Clearing the Event Logs

90

Time Sync

91

Miscellaneous

92

Accessing the Interface

98

Using the Header

99

Using Tree View

99

Using Management View

100

Choosing a Display Language

101

Viewing the Event Frame

101

Saving the Event Frame

102

Deleting the Event Frame

102

Viewing the Storage Network

102

Logging out of WebPAM PRO

103

Managing Users

104

Making Your Own User Settings

105

Changing a User’s Password

105

Changing Your Own Password

105

Creating a User

106

Deleting a User

106

Adding a Subsystem or Host

108

Deleting a Subsystem or Host

109

Setting User Privilege

109

5. Click the Submit button

110

Managing Software Services

111

Restarting the Tomcat Server

112

Setting up Email Service

112

Setting up Extended SMTP

113

Sending A Test Email Message

113

Changing CIM Client Settings

114

Changing CIM Server Settings

114

Managing the Host

115

Managing the Subsystem

116

Updating the Firmware

117

Checking Subsystem Health

118

Viewing the Runtime Event Log

118

Saving the Runtime Event Log

118

Viewing the NVRAM Event Log

119

Saving the NVRAM Event Log

120

Clearing the NVRAM Event Log

120

Running Background Activities

122

Running Media Patrol

122

Running PDM

122

Viewing Scheduled Activities

123

Scheduling an Activity

123

Deleting a Scheduled Activity

125

Viewing System Configuration

125

Managing the Controller

127

Viewing Controller Statistics

129

Making Controller Settings

129

Clearing an Orphan Watermark

130

Viewing Battery Information

130

Silencing the Buzzer

131

Making Buzzer Settings

131

Testing the Buzzer

131

Viewing Buzzer Information

132

Managing Enclosures

133

Managing Physical Drives

134

Promise Enclosures

135

Adjustable Items

136

Managing Disk Arrays

139

Creating a Disk Array

140

Deleting a Disk Array

146

Making Disk Array Settings

147

Creating a Logical Drive

148

Deleting a Logical Drive

149

Migrating a Disk Array

150

Rebuilding a Disk Array

151

Running PDM on a Disk Array

152

Transitioning a Disk Array

153

7. Click the OK button

154

Managing Logical Drives

155

Locating a Logical Drive

156

Initializing a Logical Drive

158

Running Redundancy Check

159

Managing Spare Drives

161

Creating a Spare Drive

162

Deleting Spare Drive

163

Making Spare Drive Settings

163

Running Spare Check

164

Introduction to RAID

167

RAID 0 – Stripe

168

RAID 1 – Mirror

169

RAID 1E – Enhanced Mirror

170

RAID 10 – Mirror / Stripe

173

RAID 50 Axles

175

RAID 60 Axles

178

Choosing a RAID Level

180

Choosing Stripe Block Size

184

Choosing Sector Size

184

Choosing Cache Policy

185

Capacity Coercion

186

Initialization

187

Hot Spare Drive(s)

187

RAID Level Migration

188

Delete and Recreate

195

Media Patrol

196

Transition

197

Automatic Transition

199

Manual Transition

199

When a Physical Drive Fails

201

With a Hot Spare Drive

203

Without a Hot Spare Drive

203

Rebuild Operation

203

After a successful rebuild:

204

• The alarm is silent

204

Chapter 7: Support

205

Drive Issues

206

Post-Installation

208

Contacting Technical Support

209

The Netherlands

210

Limited Warranty

211

Your Responsibilities

213

(below)

218

Appendix B: Upgrades

219

Updating WebPAM PRO

220

Installing the BBU

222

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