Promise Technology EX8650, EX8658 Using the Miscellaneous Menu, Making the SAS Ready LED Setting

SuperTrak EX Series User Manual

Using the Miscellaneous Menu

The Miscellaneous menu enables three useful functions on SuperTrak:

•Making the SAS Ready LED Setting (page 104)

•Making the SGPIO Backplane Setting (page 104)

•Working with the Buzzer (page 104)

Making the SAS Ready LED Setting

The LEDs for SAS disk drives stay on continuously to show Ready status, except when the drive is processing a command. This function enables you to turn the LEDs off.

To turn the SAS drive LEDs off:

1.In the Main Menu, highlight Miscellaneous and press Enter.

2.Highlight SAS READY LED and press Enter.

3.Highlight your choice and press Enter.

•On – SAS drive LEDs on continuously

•Off – SAS drive LEDs off

Making the SGPIO Backplane Setting

This function enables you to set your SuperTrak card to work your enclosure management controller through the SGPIO connection.

To choose your enclosure management controller setting:

1.In the Main Menu, highlight Miscellaneous and press Enter.

2.Highlight SGPIO Backplane and press Enter.

3.Highlight your choice and press Enter.

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•AIC

•AMI

•Chenbro

•Direct LED

•Supermicro

Working with the Buzzer

The buzzer sounds to inform you that your RAID system needs attention. But the buzzer does not specify the condition. When a continuous tone sounds, there are multiple alarm patterns sounding at the same time.

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