Promise Technology Version 4.4 user manual Promise Array Management

Promise Array Management

Chapter 5: RAID Monitoring and Maintenance with PAM	43
Launch PAM	43
Local PAM	44
Log-in	44
Log-out	44
Remote PAM	45
Log-in	45
Create a RAID Server	46
Delete a RAID Server	47
Disconnect from a Message Server	47
Logout of RAID PC	47
Future Log-ins	48
Message Server IP Address Change	49
Manage Users	50
Create a New User	50
Delete a User	51
Alert Notification	52
Add a User to the Recipient List	53
Delete a User from the Recipient List	54
Specify Alert Notification Events	55
Controller	57
View Event Log	57
Read Bad Sector Table	57
Controller Options	58
Controller Cache	59
Disk Parameters	59
Rebuild Setting	59
PCI Bus Utilization	60
Error Handling	60
Arrays	61
Create an Array	61
Synchronize an Array	64
Expand / Convert an Array	67
Array Critical	74
Rebuild an Array	76
Array Offline	81
Delete Array	81
Appendix A: RAID Concepts	83
Striping (RAID 0)	84
Mirroring (RAID 1)	85
Striping / Mirroring (RAID 0+1)	86
Block and Parity Striping (RAID 5)	88
JBOD - Single Drive	89
Appendix B: Partition and Format	91
Appendix C: Networking Issues	95
Appendix D: Technical Support	97

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