HighPoint RocketStor 6628A User Manual page 37

Rescan
Clicking rescan will force the drivers to report the array status. For any disk(s) you hot
plug into the device; do not click rescan until all physical drives are detected and
appear under Logical Device Information.
Beeper Mute
The controller emits a beeping sound whenever:

An array enters a critical status

An array enters disabled status
 You unplug a disk

Your disk fails due to bad sectors

SMART sensors anticipate drive failure
If the device is currently beeping, clicking Beeper Mute will mute the sound
immediately. Note: This button does not permanently mute the alarm. In order to
permanently mute the alarm, go to: Setting>Enable audible alarm>Disabled. See
Setting Tab for more information.
The following properties are part of the Physical Devices Information box under the
physical tab.
 Model – Model number of the physical drive

Capacity – Total capacity of the physical drive

Revision – HDD device firmware revision number

Read Ahead* - (Enable/Disable) Disk read ahead.
 Location – Device location (example: 1/2 states controller 1, channel 2)

Write Cache* – (Enable/Disable) the disk write cache

Max Free – space on the disk that is not configured in an array
 Status – (Normal, disabled, critical) status of the disk
 Serial Number – serial number of the physical disk

Unplug – Safely ejects the selected disk. Other methods of disk removal will trigger
the alarm if enabled.
* Disk properties that can be adjusted.
Read Ahead
Enabling disk read ahead will speed up read operations by pre-fetching data and
loading it into RAM.
Write Cache
Enabling write cache will speed up write operations.
Rescan
Clicking rescan will immediately signal the controller to scan for any changes in the
connection. Clicking this button will also stop any alarm if currently ringing.
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