Pulldown Menus, Dynamic Menus | Promise Technology Version 4.4

Promise Array Management

Pulldown Menus

As indicated above, the left-most item of the Pulldown Menus changes according to which component is selected in the Tree View.

Dynamic Menus

By the term Dynamic Menus, we refer to menus appear only when a certain item is selected in Tree View. They are: Main, My Console, Server, RAID Machine, RAID System and Maintenance. The functions of each menu are described below.

Main Menu

When no item in Tree View is selected, the left-most menu item is Main. Its only function is Exit, which quits the PAM application.

My Console Menu

When the My Console icon is selected, the My Console menu appears. Its functions include:

•Screen refresh

•Rename the My Console icon

•Exit PAM

Server Menu

The Server menu appears when the RAID Server icon is selected. This menu applies only to Remote PAM. Its functions include:

•Modify the connection

•Delete the connection

•Connect

•Disconnect

•Screen refresh

•Rename the Server icon

•Exit PAM

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Contents

FastTrak S150 SX4 and SX4000 series Important data protection information CopyrightTrademarks Contents Promise Array Management Introduction PAM Components How They Work Together PAM Installation Options LAN and Internet connections Company LAN without a File Server PCs with Internal RAID Promise Array Management Monitoring Utility InstallationInstallation Locations Networked RAID has many installation options Message Agent Operating System SupportMessage Server Network Requirements Pre-Installation ProcedurePAM Installation PAM Setup Opening Screen Setup Type dialog box Add User Account dialog box Install Complete dialog box Initial Setup Launch PAM Local PAM Log-in Local PAM Log-out Remote PAM Log-in Create a New Server Remote PAM Log-out Disconnect from a Message Server Remote PAM Future Log-ins Logout of RAID PC PAM User Interface PAM Monitor window has three views Create a New User User Information View Create an Array Create Array Settings New Array Setup Email Alert Notification CRAM-MD5 Add a User to the Recipient List Email Sender and Recipients Event Alert Setting box Specify Alert Notification Events Information Events PAM User Interface Tree View Local PAM Remote PAM An example of a RAID system in Tree View on Remote PAM Tree View and Component Specific Menus Object View Information View Status Bar Main Menu Pulldown MenusDynamic Menus My Console Menu RAID System Menu Maintenance MenuRAID Machine Menu View Menu Connection Menu Remote PAM only Preference Menu Help Menu Toolbar Toolbar Message Server Icon Popup MenusMy Console Icon RAID Machine Icon Channel Icon RAID System IconController Icon Disk Icon User Icon Array IconUser Management Icon Promise Array Management RAID Monitoring Maintenance with PAM Log-out Local PAMLog-in Remote PAM Create a RAID Server Logout of RAID PC Delete a RAID ServerDisconnect from a Message Server Future Log-ins Message Server IP Address Change Manage Users Create a New User Change User Rights Change PasswordDelete a User Alert Notification Add a User to the Recipient List Delete a User from the Recipient List Current Recipients window Specify Alert Notification Events Information Events Read Bad Sector Table ControllerView Event Log Controller Options System Information Disk Parameters Rebuild SettingController Cache PCI Bus Utilization Maintenance Error HandlingInconsistency Error Handling Arrays Create an Array Create Array Settings New Array Synchronize an Array Scheduled Synchronization On Demand Synchronization Start Synchronization Synchronization Settings Stop, Pause, Continue Expand / Convert an Array Expansion Select a disk drive to add to the array Verify the Array name and click Finish Conversion From Comments Start Conversion Select the new RAID Level Conversion progress Array Critical RAID Monitoring and Maintenance Rebuild an Array Automatic Rebuild Manual Rebuild Start Rebuild Wizard Rebuild Wizard Confirmation window Rebuild Settings Rebuild Settings in Information View Error Handling Array Offline Delete Array Promise Array Management Appendix a RAID Concepts Striping RAID RAID 0 writes data to both drives at the same time Mirroring RAID Data Mirror Disk Drives Striping / Mirroring RAID 0+1 About Dual Data Redundancy Block and Parity Striping RAID RAID 5 Stripes all Drives with Data and Parity Information Jbod Single Drive Jbod manages drives Individually, unlike RAID Promise Array Management Appendix B Partition and Format Right-click on the My Computer icon Disk Management Window and Disk Wizard New Partition Wizard Newly formatted array as it appears under Disk Management Appendix C Networking Issues IP Address Dhcp Issues Dhcp enabled. . . . . . . . Yes Technical Support Services Appendix D Technical Support Pacific Rim Sales Office