Contents

1.

Overview ....................................................................................................................

1

 

1.1

Web-based Promise Array Management Professional..........................................................

1

 

1.2

Precautions ...........................................................................................................................

2

2.

Installation/Uninstallation .........................................................................................

3

 

2.1

Operation Environment for WebPAM PRO .........................................................................

3

 

2.2

Installing WebPAM PRO......................................................................................................

3

 

2.3

Uninstalling WebPAM PRO .................................................................................................

4

3.

Operation....................................................................................................................

5

 

3.1

Starting and Exiting WebPAM PRO.....................................................................................

5

 

3.1.1

Controlling WebPAM PRO with a Local Computer ..................................................

6

 

3.1.2

Controlling WebPAM PRO with a Remote Computer ...............................................

7

 

3.1.3

Exiting WebPAM PRO...............................................................................................

7

 

3.2

WebPAM PRO Operation Window ......................................................................................

8

 

3.2.1

Using WebPAM PRO for the First Time....................................................................

8

 

3.2.2

WebPAM PRO Operation Screen.............................................................................

10

 

3.3

Icons

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11

 

3.4

Managing Users..................................................................................................................

13

 

3.5

Several Settings and Information Review ..........................................................................

16

 

3.5.1

Subsystem (ST EX4650EL) Icon.............................................................................

16

 

3.5.2

Controller .................................................................................................................

19

 

3.5.3

Enclosure..................................................................................................................

22

 

3.5.4

Physical Drives.........................................................................................................

22

 

3.5.5

Physical Drive ..........................................................................................................

24

 

3.5.6

Disk Arrays ..............................................................................................................

26

 

3.5.7

Disk Array ................................................................................................................

26

 

3.5.8

Logical Drives..........................................................................................................

28

 

3.5.9

Logical Drive ...........................................................................................................

28

 

3.5.10

Spare Drives.............................................................................................................

30

 

3.5.11

Logical Drive Summary...........................................................................................

30

 

3.6

Creating Disk Array or Logical Driver...............................................................................

31

 

3.6.1

Automatic Configuration .........................................................................................

31

 

3.6.2

Express Configuration..............................................................................................

31

 

3.6.3

Advanced Configuration ..........................................................................................

33

 

3.6.4

Adding Logical Drives.............................................................................................

36

 

3.7

Deleting Disk Array or Logical Drive ................................................................................

37

 

3.7.1

Deleting Disk Array .................................................................................................

37

 

3.7.2

Deleting Logical Drive.............................................................................................

37

 

3.8

Redundancy Check.............................................................................................................

38

 

3.8.1

Scheduling Redundancy Check................................................................................

40

 

3.9

Media Patrol .......................................................................................................................

44

 

3.9.1

Scheduling Media Patrol ..........................................................................................

46

 

3.10

Rebuild ...............................................................................................................................

50

 

3.10.1

Hot Spare Rebuild....................................................................................................

50

 

3.10.2

Hot Swap Rebuild ....................................................................................................

50

 

3.10.3

Manual Rebuild........................................................................................................

51

 

3.11

PDM

...............................................................................................................................

53

 

3.12

Transition............................................................................................................................

56

 

3.13

Transport.............................................................................................................................

61