NEC Express 5800 Series User Manual page 6

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GUI, CLI, and Scripting interfaces are available.
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English, Japanese are supported.
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Applications can be executed using the following tools:
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All server platform host operating systems supported with server(For a list of supported operating
systems, see a product page of server in the NEC Corporate Website (http://www.nec.com/))
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EXPRESSBUILDER
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All formats can run in both online and offline environments.
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The utility can run on any machine that uses a supported browser.
Support for configuration tasks
SSA supports the configuration tasks listed below. Support for individual tasks varies according to your
controller type. You should always have the latest firmware installed so that you have access to all of the
features supported for your controller.
About the features your controller is supporting, see controller user guide.
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Assign a RAID level to a logical drive
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Assign spare drives to an array
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Configure multiple systems identically
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Copy the configuration of one system to multiple systems
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Create multiple logical drives per array
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Create or delete arrays and logical drives
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Enable or disable a physical drive write cache
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Expand an array
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Extend a logical drive
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Heal an array
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Identify devices by causing their LEDs to flash
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Migrate the RAID level or stripe size
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Move an array (copy all array data to a new array and then delete the old array)
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Move and delete individual LUNs
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Re-enable a failed logical drive
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Set the boot controller
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Set the expand priority, migrate priority, and accelerator ratio
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Set the spare activation mode
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Set the stripe size
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Set the surface scan delay
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Share a spare drive among several arrays
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Remove a drive from an array (restripe the data on an array to occupy fewer physical drives, then
remove the excess drives from the array)
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Specify the size of the logical drive
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Split a RAID 1 array or recombine a split array (offline only)
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