Storage Console Plus; Introduction; Monitoring Of The Whole Subsystem; Remote Configuration And Maintenance - Intel SRCU31A - Server RAID U3-1A Controller User Manual

8 Storage Console Plus

Introduction

Storage Console Plus (StorCon+) is a tool for setting up, monitoring and maintaining mass storage
subsystems based on Intel RAID Controller SRCU31. Different from StorCon, StorCon+ is a GUI
style application, designed for the operation under Win32 Operating Systems. The primary
function of StorCon+ is to help the user accomplish the following tasks.
Setup Hard Disk Drives Controlled by Intel RAID Controller SRCU31:
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Setup and initialize physical drives, change the SCSI parameters and cache settings.
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Easy setup and installation of single disks or array drives consisting of one or more physical
drives (chaining, RAID 0, 1, 4, 5, or 10).
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Online installation of host drives based on a single disk or an array drive.
Maintenance and Tuning of Existing Array Drives, Host Drives and Intel RAID Controller
SRCU31:
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Cache Memory Configuration
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Update the controller firmware
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Change the device parameters
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Check or recalculate the parity data of RAID 4 and RAID 5 array drives
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Online capacity expansion of array drives
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Split and merge host drives
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Hot Plug. Replace a failed member of an array drive
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Hot Fix. Configure a spare disk for an array drive
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Configure SAF-TE compliant enclosures

Monitoring of the Whole Subsystem

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Watch the performance and throughput of virtually every part of the subsystem. Simply
drag-and-drop the device on the statistics window.
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Check the hard disk drives for retries and reassigns (replacements of defective sectors on a hard
disk drive) to trace problems which might become potential in the future.
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Check the grown defect table of the hard disk drives to replace a defective drive in time.

Remote Configuration and Maintenance

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Except for the hot plug function, all of the above features can be accessed via network.
You can maintain and monitor a customer's server via the Internet.
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Supported protocols: IPX/SPX, TCP/IP, NetBIOS.
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The access to the Intel RAID Controller SRCU31 can be protected by password. The password
is encrypted.
To install the StorCon+, use the Intel RAID Controller SRCU31 tools program on the Intel RAID
Controller SRCU31 System CD-ROM.
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