Building Your Storage Space - Adaptec ICP5045BL User Manual

Building Your Storage Space
Overview............................................................................................................ 28
Choosing a Management System ..................................................................... 28
'Local' or 'Remote'?.................................................................................. 28
Starting and Logging In on the Local System .................................................. 29
Understanding Permission Levels ........................................................... 29
Starting and Logging In ........................................................................... 30
Starting ICP Storage Manager on Remote Systems ........................................ 32
Starting the Full Application.................................................................... 32
Starting the Agent Only ........................................................................... 32
Logging into Remote Systems from the Local System .................................... 33
Removing a Remote System .................................................................... 34
Creating Logical Drives..................................................................................... 35
Express Configuration: The Easy Way .................................................... 35
Custom Configuration (Advanced) ........................................................ 38
Managing Your Storage Space.......................................................................... 42
Part II: Working in ICP Storage Manager
Exploring ICP Storage Manager
Working in ICP Storage Manager.................................................................... 45
About the Actions Menu ......................................................................... 45
The Enterprise View ................................................................................ 46
The Physical Devices View....................................................................... 47
The Logical Devices View ........................................................................ 48
Revealing More Device Information................................................................ 50
Checking System Status from the Main Window ........................................... 51
Getting Help ...................................................................................................... 51
Logging Out of ICP Storage Manager.............................................................. 52
Logging Back In........................................................................................ 52
Uninstalling ICP Storage Manager .................................................................. 52
Uninstalling From Windows Systems..................................................... 52
Uninstalling From Linux Systems ........................................................... 52
Uninstalling From UnixWare or OpenServer Systems .......................... 52
Uninstalling From Solaris Systems.......................................................... 53
Uninstalling From VMWare Systems ..................................................... 53
Protecting Your Data
Creating and Managing Hot Spares ................................................................. 55
Hot Spare Limitations.............................................................................. 55
Dedicated Spare or Global Spare? ........................................................... 55
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