Intel 410 - Manual (Page 31)

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Installing and Using the RAID Manager for
Windows NT
This chapter contains instructions for installing the RAID Manager software, configuring the system, and creat-
ing an initial configuration. This chapter also contains sheets for recording your configuration.
NOTE
The procedures in this chapter assume that the write-back cache
module batteries have been fully recharged, as described in
Chapter 1 of this guide. If you have not yet recharged your write-
back cache batteries, you should do so at this time.
3.1 RAID Manager for Windows NT
The RAID Manager for Windows NT is a graphical user interface that facilitates configuring
and monitoring your RAID 410 subsystem.
Some capabilities of the manager include:
•
Creates single-disk units, RAID 0 (Stripesets), RAID 1 (Mirrorsets), RAID 0+1, and
RAID 5/3 (RAIDsets), and Spares.
•
Examines and modifies LUN parameters
•
Examines and modifies controller parameters
•
Monitors the addition and removal of disk drives from the array
•
Permits you to identify hot-spare drives that the system can use for automatic LUN re-
construction
Additional information regarding the RAID Manager for Windows NT is contained in the
manual, RAID 410 Manager for Alpha/Intel User’s Guide, (AA–QU63C–TE). For additional
background information regarding RAID and RAIDsets, refer to the manual, SWXRC RAID
Array Controller User’s Guide (EK–SMCS1–UG).
3.2 Overview: Installing and Using the RAID Manager for Windows NT
The steps required to Install and run the RAID Manager for Windows NT include the follow-
ing:
•
Install the RAID Manager software on your computer system. This can be the system to
which the RAID Array 410 is attached, or it can be on a different Windows NT system.
•
Set the communications parameters required by the maintenance port on the SWXRC-04
controller.