RAID System Icon, Controller Icon | Promise Technology Version 4.4

Promise Array Management

RAID System Icon

The RAID System icon represents the FastTrak SX4000 series and S150 SX4 PCI cards (right). There are two commands for this item:

•Screen refresh

•Rename the RAID Machine icon

Controller Icon

Right-click on the Controller icon to access the following commands:

•Read Events in the Event Viewer

•Clear Events from the Event Viewer

•Read Bad Sector Table

•Toggle the Beeper on and off

•Create a New Array

•Refresh the screen

•Rename the Controller icon

Channel Icon

The Channel icon represents an individual channel on the FastTrak PCI card. There are two commands for this item.

•Refresh the screen

•Rename the Controller icon

Disk Icon

Right-click on the Disk icon of an unassigned drive or the Disk icon of an assigned drive to access the following commands:

•Refresh the screen

•Rename the Controller icon

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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 Pulldown Menus Dynamic MenusMain Menu My Console Menu RAID System Menu Maintenance MenuRAID Machine Menu View Menu Connection Menu Remote PAM only Preference Menu Help Menu Toolbar Toolbar Popup Menus My Console IconMessage Server Icon RAID Machine Icon RAID System Icon Controller IconChannel 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