Siemens SIMATIC IPC647D Operating Instructions Manual page 18

Commissioning the device
3.3 SAS Hardware RAID system
Additional software and documentation
The following software documentation can be found in the "Drivers\RAID\Adaptec" directory
of the "Documentation and Drivers" DVD that ships with the product:
● Adaptec RAID Controller Quick Start Guide
The PDF file describes how you install the RAID controller and create a bootable RAID1
or RAID5 array. It also describes how you install the operating system and the controller
driver on the array.
● Adaptec RAID Controller Installation and User Manual
The PDF file contains comprehensive information on installation and configuration of the
RAID adapter card and the connected devices.
● Adaptec maxView Storage Manager User Manual
The PDF file contains comprehensive information on installation and use of Adaptec
maxView Storage Manager.
● Command Line Utility User Guide
The PDF file contains the user manual for the command line utility program and
comprehensive information on the use of ARCCONF.
RAID system management functions
The RAID system is fully set up ex works. The installed SIMATIC diagnostic software is used
to display the status of the RAID system. Additional software is not required.
However, if necessary, you can install additional software from the supplied Documentation
and Drivers DVD, which also contains the associated software description. In order to use
the software, the operating system must be password-protected. The password must be
assigned before the software is installed. In a correct installation, the operating system
password and RAID software password are the same.
Note
The status of the RAID system is indicated by the SIMATIC diagnostic software.
A hard disk can be synchronized at operating system level if a fault is detected. It may take a
very long time to synchronize a new hard disk in the background, depending on the size of
the hard disk and on the system load. It may take several hours or even days in the case of
extremely high hard disk load. Guide value for the duration: < 3 h with 90% HDD system
load and RAID5 with HDD 1 TB.
The safe system states RAID Level 1 or 5 are only reached once synchronization has been
successfully completed. In addition, system performance may be limited in the case of a
manually started Fix & Verify operation until completion of the verify phase.
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SIMATIC IPC647D/847D Hardware RAID Configuration
Compact Operating Instructions, 08/2014, A5E34655907-AA