5.4
Operating RAID systems
5.4.1
Display of a defective drive of a RAID system
A defective drive is displayed in conjunction with RAID at the following locations:
● System status displays (Page 25) on the front of the device
● SIMATIC IPC DiagBase or SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor monitoring software
● For onboard RAID system:
"Intel® Rapid Storage Technology", see "Monitoring the onboard RAID system with
"Intel® Rapid Storage Technology" (Page 70)".
● For hardware RAID system:
"maxView Storage Manager", see "Monitoring the hardware RAID system with "maxView
Storage Manager" (Page 80)".
5.4.2
RAID1 system: Installation options for drives
The two hard disks required for a RAID1 system may be installed in SIMATIC IPC847E at
the following locations:
● For onboard RAID system:
– Drive cage type A, see "Drives in drive cage type A / side panel (Page 100)"
– Drive cage type B, see "Drives in drive cage type B / side panel (Page 114)"
– inside on the side wall of the device, see "Installing drives inside on the side wall of the
● For hardware RAID system:
– Drive cage type A, see "Drives in drive cage type A / side panel (Page 100)"
5.4.3
RAID5 system: Installation options for drives
The hard disks required for a RAID5 system may be installed for SIMATIC IPC847E at the
following locations:
● For onboard RAID system:
– Drive cage type A, see "Drives in drive cage type A / side panel (Page 100)"
– Drive cage type B, see "Drives in drive cage type B / side panel (Page 114)"
– inside on the side wall of the device, see "Installing drives inside on the side wall of the
● For hardware RAID system:
– Drive cage type A, see "Drives in drive cage type A / side panel (Page 100)"
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