Western Digital Array Management Setup User Manual page 7

In the following example, there are three PCs with WD SATA RAID Controllers connected
to the company's LAN. The AMS Message Agent runs on each of the PCs with a WD SATA
RAID Controller. The AMS Message Server runs on the company's file server. The AMS
Monitoring Utility runs on networked PCs and also on remote PCs connecting to the
company network through the Internet. With this arrangement, you can monitor RAID
condition and activity from offsite, such as a hotel room or home office.
A networked PC
+ Monitoring Utility
PC
+ W D SATA RAID Controller
+ Message Agent
In the above example, there are three PCs with WD SATA RAID Controllers connected to
the company's LAN, the same as before. But this network has no file server, so the AMS
Message Server runs on one of the networked PCs. AMS Monitoring Utility runs on both
networked PCs. If this LAN were upgraded with a suitable router and an Internet connection,
you could set up offsite monitoring as in Figure 1.
+ WD SATA RAID Controller
+ Monitoring Utility
+ Message Agent
WD's SATA RAID Controller is designed to setup and control a RAID within the PC's
enclosure. They have the same need of monitoring and management as an external RAID
subsystem. All three AMS components run on the PC itself.
Company LAN
PC
+ W D SATA RAID Controller
+ Internal RAID array
+ Message Agent
Figure 2. Company LAN without a File Server
PC
Figure 3. PCs with Internal RAID
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A networked PC
+ Monitoring Utility
+ Mess age Server
PC
+ W D SATA RAID Controller
+ Mess age Agent
PC
+ WD SATA RAID Controller
+ Internal RAID array
+ Monitoring Utility
+ M A t
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