Adaptec 2074700-R User Guide - Page 153
Maintenance and Tuning of Existing Array Drives, Host Drives and
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ICP RAID Navigator ICP RAID Navigator 11 11.1 Introduction ICP RAID Navigator (ICP RAID Navigator) is a tool for setting up, monitoring and maintaining mass storage subsystems based on the ICP RAID controller. Different from ICP RAID Console, ICP RAID Navigator is a GUI style application, designed for the operation under Win32 Operating Systems. The primary function of ICP RAID Navigator is to help the user accomplish the following tasks. Setup Hard Disks Controlled by the ICP RAID Controller • Setup and initialize physical drives, change the SCSI parameters and cache settings. • Easy setup and installation of single disks or array drives consisting of one or more physical drives (chaining, RAID 0, 1, 4, 5 or 10). • Online installation of host drives based on a single disk or an array drive. Maintenance and Tuning of Existing Array Drives, Host Drives and the ICP RAID Controller • Cache Memory Configuration • Change the device parameters • Check or recalculate the parity data of RAID 4 and RAID 5 array drives • Online capacity expansion of array drives • Split and merge host drives • Hot Plug. Replace a failed member of an array drive • Hot Fix. Configure a spare disk for an array drive • Configure SAF-TE compliant enclosures Monitoring of the Whole Subsystem • Watch the performance and throughput of virtually every part of the subsystem. Simply drag-and-drop the device on the statistics window. • Check the hard disks for retries and reassigns (replacements of defective sectors on a hard disk) to trace problems which might become potential in the future. • Check the grown defect table of the hard disks to replace a defective drive in time. Remote Configuration and Maintenance • Except for the hot plug function, all of the above features can be accessed via network. You can maintain and monitor a customer's server via the Internet. • Supported protocols: IPX/SPX, TCP/IP • The access to the ICP RAID controller can be protected by password. The password is encrypted. To install ICP RAID Navigator, use the ICP RAID controller tools program on the RAID Software Suite System CD-ROM. Software Installation and User's Guide 153