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Chapter 4
Configuration
Introduction ....................................................................................... 4-1
Setting and Modifying Controller Options ......................................... 4-2
Controller Options .............................................................. 4-2
Advanced Controller Options ............................................. 4-5
SCSI Host Bus Adapters ........................................................... 4-6
Modifying Physical Device Options .................................................. 4-8
Running RAID Assist ........................................................................ 4-9
Entering RAID Assist ................................................................. 4-9
Automatic Configuration .......................................................... 4-11
Assisted Configuration ............................................................ 4-14
Fault Tolerance Tab ......................................................... 4-15
Logical Drives Tab ........................................................... 4-18
Optimization Tab .............................................................. 4-20
Manual Configuration .............................................................. 4-22
Global Hot Spares vs. Dedicated Hot Spares ................................ 4-28
Expand Capacity ............................................................................ 4-30
Expanding a Logical Drive ...................................................... 4-30
Migrating a RAID Level ........................................................... 4-35
Transporting a Disk Array ............................................................... 4-36
Clustering & Teaming ..................................................................... 4-38
Managing Channels ....................................................................... 4-40
Spanning in Global Array Manager ................................................ 4-43
Enable Spanning in GAM ............................................................... 4-44
Configuring a Spanned Disk Array ................................................. 4-44
Creating a Spanned Disk Array ............................................... 4-45
Loading a Configuration from Disk ................................................. 4-46
Saving a Configuration to Disk ....................................................... 4-47
Chapter 5
Monitoring
Introduction ....................................................................................... 5-1
Event Monitoring .............................................................................. 5-2
Opening the Log Information Viewer ......................................... 5-2
Opening an Event Information Window ..................................... 5-2
Controller Monitoring ........................................................................ 5-4
Displaying Controller Information .............................................. 5-4
Physical Device and Logical Drive Monitoring .................................. 5-6
Displaying Device Information ................................................... 5-6
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