Texas Memory Systems RamSan-500 manual Controlling System Power with the Front Panel Display

Selecting “Flash Module” allows you to select a module to identify mode or for power off.

Main Menu

￿ Flash Module

Selecting “Active Monitor Mode” changes the default front panel display to show port activity across both display lines. This makes it easier to view from a distance. This option becomes “Remove Monitor Mode” once it has been set.

Main Menu

￿ Active/Remove Monitor Mode

Selecting “LED Config” gives you a variety of options for controlling the LEDs on the upper left-hand side of the front of the RamSan-500.

Main Menu

￿ LED Config

Selecting “Display Logo” displays the TMS logo on the front panel display. This option becomes “Disable Logo” once it has been set.

Main Menu

￿ Display/Disable Logo

Selecting “Manual Restart” reboots your RamSan-500. See Section 4.4.2 for more information.

Main Menu

￿ Manual Restart

Selecting “Manual Shutdown” turns off your RamSan-500. See Section 4.4.1 for more information.

Main Menu

￿ Manual Shutdown

4.4 Controlling System Power with the Front Panel Display

The RamSan-500 has features that allow the administrator to safely power down the system. Before powering down the system, un-mount the drives from your OS. Do not turn off the system by unplugging the power cords.

4.4.1 Manual Shutdown

The administrator can shut down the RamSan-500 manually from the front panel display. This procedure safely synchronizes all data in the RAM cache to the internal Flash module storage.

In order to turn the RamSan-500 back on after a manual shutdown, switch off both power modules and then switch both back on.

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