Storageflex 3945N manual Snapshot, Storage object, Status, Software RAID Appliance, Subnet Mask

Administrator Guide

advantages when several peripherals need to be connected to the bus. One advantage is that SCSI allows for up to 15 peripherals to be connected to each channel, and since most SCSI controllers have two channels, up to 30 peripherals can be attached. Conversely, with most motherboards, IDE only supports up to two peripherals. In addition, SCSI is quite a bit faster than IDE, especially when multiple peripherals are attached. Storageflex supports both the IDE and the SCSI interfaces.

Snapshot

It is a "frozen" image of a volume and it represents the status of a volume at some given instance. It remains unchanged in case you're changing the original image. This image can be used for backups.

Storage object

Any memory structure in EVMS that is capable of being a block device. See also: EVMS.

Status

An administrator can view status information about the Appliance through ApplianceView. The administrator can view available and used space on each partition of the appliance, user connections to the appliance, appliance status, and appliance name.

Software RAID Appliance

An Appliance that uses a Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) as the storage medium. In a Software RAID appliance the disk array is controlled and maintained by Storageflex software, so that no RAID controller card is necessary. All information that is stored on the appliance will be contained in the RAID. Storageflex offers Software RAID levels 0, 1, and 5.

Subnet Mask

The subnet mask is the number (formatted similar to an IP address) that is used to define a sub-network so that IP addresses can be shared on a Local Area Network. If the Server Appliance has a static IP address, the Subnet Mask needs to be entered in ApplianceView.

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TCP/IP Setup Wizard

The TCP/IP Setup Wizard is a program that configures an Storageflex enabled Server Appliance to use a static IP address. The TCP/IP Setup Wizard program is included in this version of Storageflex . To use the TCP/IP Setup Wizard, click Find Device, located on the Network menu in ApplianceView.

Transmission Control Protocol/ Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)

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