Asus PCI-DA2100 User Manual - Page 382

ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Running in Demo Mode 6. If you selected Host Adapter in step 4, proceed to the next step; otherwise, select the channel mode for each enabled Channel x Mode section. To configure the channel as a host channel, select the Host option button; to configure it as a drive channel, select Drive. 7. Click OK. The Demo program creates a virtual disk array system based on the configuration specified in the Demo Configuration Options dialog box. For each drive channel, the program places four SCSI drives, which you can increase if you want by simply scanning in drives from unoccupied connectors. You may now start managing the selected disk array system using the available commands. Try experimenting on various commands to see how the system reacts, and also to help clarify the use of such commands. All disk array icons on the screen respond accordingly − just like a real system. For information on disk array management, see Chapter 4, Array Management. NOTE: The management operations you perform and settings you specify in Demo mode do not have any effect on the actual disk array system installed in your computer, assuming you have one installed. Everything you do under the Demo mode is only a simulation. 6.3 Failing a Drive The Demo program comes with a Fail One Drive function that allows you to fail a drive (that is, one physical drive) from any existing logical drives in the system. This function is particularly useful in testing the response of the selected disk array system when there is failure in one of its drives. 6.3 Failing a Drive 6-5