Utilities And Tools; Utilities And Tools - Intel SRCS14L - RAID Controller User Manual

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Utilities and Tools

Table 11. Utilities And Tools
Management/Monitoring
Storage Console (StorCon)
Storage Console+
(StorCon+)
Monitoring/Reporting
View Statistics
View Events
View Hard Disk Information
Diagnostics
Save Information
Memory Test
Parity Verify
Check Surface: Physical
Disks
Technical Product Specification
Intel® Integrated RAID Controller SRCS14L
Description
This is a text-based UI that allows full
management and monitoring of the RAID
controller and its subsystem. Consistent
look and feel across all supported operating
systems.
GUI based version of the Storage Console
with exception to a few functions. It only runs
locally on Windows servers and clients.
Description
Allows the viewing of I/O activity of host,
logical, and physical drives and cache
activity
Allows the viewing and saving of all events
regarding the controller since it's last boot
up.
Lists all hard drives connected to the RAID
controller with information about each hard
drive
Description
Gives administrator the ability to save the
configuration information of the RAID
controller in ASCII file for viewing.
Non-destructive tests are written to ECC
memory and verified. The different modes
determine type of pattern and quantity.
Tests are not non-destructive for non-ECC
memory.
Selecting this feature causes the controller
to verify the parity on RAID level 4 and 5
arrays.
A destructive surface-check of the selected
hard disk drive. The controller writes and
reads certain data patterns and checks them
for correctness.
Actions
• Can be launched during
Boot up, <Ctrl>+<G>, or
within host OS
• Can be run locally or
remotely using TCP/IP or
SPX/IPX network protocols.
• Can be run locally or
remotely using TCP/IP or
SPX/IPX network protocols.
Actions
(using StorCon text-based)
From the menu, choose Express
or Advanced Setup -> View
Statistics. User can adjust synch
rate and enable and disable
logging.
From the menu, choose Express
or Advanced Setup -> View
Events.
You can select each drive
individually to bring up a detailed
list of information that includes
detected defects since the drive
was first detected by the RAID
controller.
Actions
(using StorCon text-based)
User can save file to be used for
troubleshooting or
documentation.
From the menu, choose
Advanced Setup -> Configure
Controller -> Controller Settings.
User selected options are: No
test, Standard, Double scan,
and Intensive.
From the menu, choose
Advanced Setup -> Configure
Array Drives -> Select an array.
From the menu, choose
Advanced Setup -> Configure
Physical Devices ->Select
Physical Drive -> Check
Surface.
Warning! This action destroys
all data on the selected drive.
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