Advantech DNS-3200 user manual Contents

Contents

Chapter	1	Introduction		2
	1.1	About the Product		2
		1.1.1	Hardware Features	2
		1.1.2	Software Features	3
		1.1.3	System Protection	3
		1.1.4	Product Appearance	5
			Figure 1.1:DNS-3200 Front panel	5
			Figure 1.2:DNS-3200 Rear panel	6
	1.2	Panel Indicators		7
Chapter	2	Chassis Description and Installation		10
	2.1	Chassis Description		10
	2.2	Chassis Installation		11
		2.2.1	Important Safety Guidelines	11
		2.2.2	Tools Needed	12

2.2.3Accessing the SCA Drive Tray and Installing a HDD 12

		2.2.4 Accessing the 760W Power Supply		13
		2.2.5	Rack Installation	17
Chapter	3	Configuration		24
	3.1	Configuration Settings		24
		3.1.1 Turning the system on for the first time		24
		3.1.2	WSS2003 Activation	29
		3.1.3	Network configuration setting	34
Chapter	4	Managing Arrays and Disks		40
	4.1	RAID Minimum Disk Requirements		40
	4.2		Table 4.1:Min and Max Disks for RAID levels	40
		Understanding Array and Disk States		40
	4.3	Starting and Stopping Tasks		44
	4.4	Working with Spares		45
		4.4.1	About Sparing Options	45
		4.4.2	Using Distributed Sparing	46
		4.4.3	Using Dedicated Sparing	48
		4.4.4	Using Global Sparing	50
Chapter	5	Using the BIOS Configuration Utility		52
	5.1	When to Use the BIOS Configuration Utility		52
	5.2	Color Codes for the BIOS Array Config Utility		53
	5.3	Initializing Disks from the BIOS		53
	5.4	Creating Arrays from the BIOS		54
			Figure 5.1: Create an array	57
	5.5	Deleting Arrays from the BIOS		58
	5.6	Swapping Arrays from the BIOS		58
			Figure 5.2:Swap arrays	59

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