Promise Technology FastTrak SX Series Version 4.4 - Manual (Page 4)

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Chapter 5: RAID Monitoring and Maintenance with PAM......................................... 43
Launch PAM...................................................................................................... 43
Local PAM......................................................................................................... 44
Log-in ......................................................................................................... 44
Log-out....................................................................................................... 44
Remote PAM..................................................................................................... 45
Log-in ......................................................................................................... 45
Create a RAID Server ................................................................................ 46
Delete a RAID Server................................................................................. 47
Disconnect from a Message Server .................................................... 47
Logout of RAID PC ............................................................................. 47
Future Log-ins ............................................................................................ 48
Message Server IP Address Change ......................................................... 49
Manage Users................................................................................................... 50
Create a New User..................................................................................... 50
Delete a User ............................................................................................. 51
Alert Notification ................................................................................................ 52
Add a User to the Recipient List................................................................. 53
Delete a User from the Recipient List......................................................... 54
Specify Alert Notification Events ................................................................ 55
Controller........................................................................................................... 57
View Event Log .......................................................................................... 57
Read Bad Sector Table.............................................................................. 57
Controller Options ...................................................................................... 58
Controller Cache ........................................................................................ 59
Disk Parameters......................................................................................... 59
Rebuild Setting........................................................................................... 59
PCI Bus Utilization ..................................................................................... 60
Error Handling............................................................................................ 60
Arrays................................................................................................................ 61
Create an Array.......................................................................................... 61
Synchronize an Array................................................................................. 64
Expand / Convert an Array......................................................................... 67
Array Critical............................................................................................... 74
Rebuild an Array ........................................................................................ 76
Array Offline ............................................................................................... 81
Delete Array ............................................................................................... 81
Appendix A: RAID Concepts .................................................................................... 83
Striping (RAID 0) ............................................................................................... 84
Mirroring (RAID 1) ............................................................................................. 85
Striping / Mirroring (RAID 0+1) .......................................................................... 86
Block and Parity Striping (RAID 5) .................................................................... 88
JBOD - Single Drive .......................................................................................... 89
Appendix B: Partition and Format............................................................................. 91
Appendix C: Networking Issues................................................................................ 95
Appendix D: Technical Support ................................................................................ 97