Promise Array Management
How They Work Together
The Promise Array Management (PAM) utility provides and easy way to set up, monitor, modify and repair your RAID. PAM works with the Promise FastTrak SX4000 series and S150 SX4 Controller card.
PAM watches the RAID and when significant events happen, or it discovers a problem, the Message Agent sends a warning to the Message Server. The Message Server passes the warning along to all PCs running the Monitoring Utility.
Warnings appear on the PC in the form of email messages and popup alerts. You can select either one or both. You can also select which events and problems PAM will report.
A major benefit of PAM is that it runs over a TCP/IP network. This enables remote monitoring of your RAIDs, including offsite monitoring over an Internet connection.
Once you become aware of a problem, go to the PC that controls the RAID, called the “RAID PC” to take corrective action. If you have more than one RAID PC on your network, PAM will indicate which one has the problem.
PAM allows only monitoring access through the network. Management access occurs only at the RAID PC.
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