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5.2.2.5 S.M.A.R.T.

Function: S.M.A.R.T. e-mail notification

This function allows you to check S.M.A.R.T. status of hard disks and send it to e-mail address.

S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) is a monitoring system for computer hard disks to detect and report on various indicators of reliability, in the hope of anticipating failures.

In order to enable S.M.A.R.T. e-mail notification, you have to first enable E-mail notification function in setup -> administrator menu, then enable S.M.A.R.T. in Console tools at special options (press F1 on console to find out keyboard shortcuts).

When S.M.A.R.T. is enabled you will see all detected hard drives with information about unit number, size and serial number.

Select the checkbox of unit, form which you want to receive S.M.A.R.T. status and press "apply". If everything is ok, then status will be PASSED, in another case

FAILED.

It will be possible to enable S.M.A.R.T. when all hard disks support it and it is enabled in BIOS settings.

5.2.3 Status

This function provides you with a quick overview of the most important system parameters of your Open-E iSCSI. The corresponding sub-functions are network, hardware and S.M.A.R.T.