Dynamic Logical Drive Expansion - Asus PCI-DA2100 User Manual

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• The SAF-TE chipset connects to the drive channel of the
controller together with the other SCSI drives.
3.5.8 Periodic Auto-Detect Failure Drive
Swap Check Time
The "Drive-Swap Check Time" is the interval at which the controller
checks to see whether a failed drive has been swapped. When a
logical drive's member drive fails, the controller will detect the failed
drive (at the selected time interval). Once the failed drive has been
swapped with a drive that has adequate capacity to rebuild the
logical drive, the rebuild will begin automatically.
The default setting is "Disabled," meaning that that the controller
will not Auto-Detect the swap of a failed drive. To enable this
feature, select a time interval.
3.6

Dynamic Logical Drive Expansion

3.6.1 What Is It and How Does It Work?
Before Dynamic Logical Drive Expansion, increasing the capacity of a
RAID system using traditional methods meant backing up, re-
creating and then restoring. Dynamic Logical Drive Expansion allows
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SAF-TE Support
PCI-to-SCSI
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RAID controller
installed
SAF-TE
Chipset
Drive Status
Indicators
UPS Failure
Signal Input
Cooling Fan
Failure
Signal Input
Power Supply
Failure
Signal Input
Temperature Alert
Signal Input
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