3Ware 9550SXU-16ML User Guide - Page 4

Chapter 6. 3ware Disk Manager (3DM 2 65 Browser Requirements for 3DM 66 Setting up Mozilla 66 Installing 3DM 67 Installing 3DM on a Microsoft Windows system 67 Uninstalling 3DM under Microsoft Windows 70 Installing 3DM for Linux or FreeBSD 70 Uninstalling 3DM under Linux or FreeBSD 72 Starting 3DM and Logging In 73 Starting 3DM under Linux 73 Starting 3DM under Microsoft Windows 73 Viewing 3DM Remotely via a Standard Web Browser 74 Logging In 74 Working with the 3DM Screens 75 3DM Menus 76 Viewing Information About Different Controllers in 3DM 77 Refreshing the Screen 77 3DM Screens and What They're Used For 77 Setting Up 3DM Preferences 79 Setting and Changing 3DM Passwords 79 Managing E-mail Event Notification 80 Enabling and Disabling Remote Access 81 Setting the Incoming Port 82 Setting the Frequency of Page Refreshes 82 3DM 2 Reference 83 Controller Summary Page 83 Controller Details Page 85 Unit Information Page 86 Unit Details Page 87 Drive Information Page 89 Drive Details Window 90 Controller Settings Page 92 Scheduling Page 96 Maintenance Page 98 Alarms Page 107 Battery Backup Page 108 3DM 2 Settings Page 111 Chapter 7. Configuring Your Controller 115 Viewing Information About Individual Controllers 115 Viewing and Setting Controller Policies 117 Viewing Controller Policies 118 Exporting JBOD Disks 119 Enabling and Setting Up Staggered Spinup 120 Disabling Write Cache on Unit Degrade 121 Multi LUN Support and Auto-Carving 121 Setting the Auto-Rebuild Policy 123 Chapter 8. Configuring Units 125 Creating a New Unit 125 Creating a Unit through 3DM 127 Creating a Unit through 3BM 130 Ordering Units in 3BM 133 Partitioning and Formatting Units 133 Creating a Hot Spare 135 Specifying a Hot Spare through 3DM 135 ii 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide