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Promise Array Management

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Promise Technology Version 4.4 user manual Promise Array Management

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FastTrak S150 SX4 and SX4000 series Trademarks CopyrightImportant data protection information 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 Installation Locations InstallationMonitoring Utility Networked RAID has many installation options Message Server Operating System SupportMessage Agent PAM Installation Pre-Installation ProcedureNetwork Requirements 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 Machine Menu Maintenance MenuRAID System 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 Management Icon Array IconUser Icon Promise Array Management RAID Monitoring Maintenance with PAM Log-in Local PAMLog-out Remote PAM Create a RAID Server Disconnect from a Message Server Delete a RAID ServerLogout of RAID PC Future Log-ins Message Server IP Address Change Manage Users Create a New User Delete a User Change PasswordChange User Rights 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 View Event Log ControllerRead Bad Sector Table Controller Options System Information Controller Cache Rebuild SettingDisk Parameters Inconsistency Error Handling Maintenance Error HandlingPCI Bus Utilization 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