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Chapter 3 – Management Tool Overview
3.1 Front Panel Display
The Front Panel Display provides a quick and easy way view the RamSan’s status. It displays the current progress of disk synchronization and shows system warnings and failures.
The RamSan’s front panel allows you to:
•Inspect the state of the system
•Change the method of IP address assignment
•Shutdown the system
Figure 3-1 displays the RamSan-325’s front panel:
Figure 3-1: RamSan-325 Front Panel
Four buttons located to the left of the display are used to make selections:
Menu The Menu button has two functions:
•Function 1:
On any of the status or performance displays, pressing the “Menu” button launches the RamSan Main Menu.
•Function 2:
Escape function. Once the menu is open, pressing “Menu” returns the user to the prior screen.
Select When a menu item is on the display, pressing “Select” will either: execute that menu option or proceed to the next layer in the menu. If the menu is not selected, this button is disabled.
↑The “↑” button scrolls up through the menu. The “↑” button is also used cancel certain commands, as indicated on the display. If the menu is not selected, this button is disabled.
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