Acer Altos RAIDWatch, Manual

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Contents
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4.10.1 Exiting from Altos RAIDWatch Manager ....................................................................................... 69
4.10.2 Exiting from Altos RAIDWatch Manager Connected via Web Browser ........................................ 69
5.1 Background Information ............................................................................................................................ 71
5.1.1 Definition of Terms .......................................................................................................................... 72
5.2 Operating With Spare Drives ..................................................................................................................... 72
5.3 Operating Without Spare Drives ................................................................................................................ 73
5.4 Before You Start ........................................................................................................................................ 73
6.1 Configuring the Controller ......................................................................................................................... 75
6.2 Accessing Controller Configuration Options ............................................................................................. 76
6.3 Caching ...................................................................................................................................................... 76
6.4 Host-Side .................................................................................................................................................... 77
6.5 Drive-Side .................................................................................................................................................. 78
6.6 RAID .......................................................................................................................................................... 79
6.7 Controller ................................................................................................................................................... 79
6.8 Communication .......................................................................................................................................... 82
7.1 Accessing Channel Configuration Options ................................................................................................ 85
7.2 User-Configurable Channel Parameters ..................................................................................................... 86
7.2.1 ID pool / PID / SID .......................................................................................................................... 86
7.3 Setting the Configuration of a Channel ...................................................................................................... 86
8.1 Scanning in Drives ..................................................................................................................................... 89
8.1.1 Scanning in a Drive .......................................................................................................................... 89
8.2 Logical Drive Management ........................................................................................................................ 90
8.2.1 Accessing the “Create Logical Drive” Window .............................................................................. 90
8.2.2 Creating Logical Drives ................................................................................................................... 91
8.2.3 Expanding a Logical Volume .......................................................................................................... 95
8.2.4 Dynamic Logical Drive Expansion .................................................................................................. 98
8.2.5 Adding and Deleting Spare Drive Assignments ............................................................................ 101
8.2.6 Rebuilding Logical Drives ............................................................................................................. 104
8.2.7 Deleting a LD ................................................................................................................................. 105
8.3 Creating and Deleting Logical Volumes .................................................................................................. 108
8.3.1 Accessing the “Create Logical Volume” Window ......................................................................... 108
8.3.2 Creating Logical Volumes ............................................................................................................. 109
8.3.3 To Expand a Logical Volume ........................................................................................................ 113
8.3.4 Delete a Logical Volume ............................................................................................................... 115
8.4 Partitions .................................................................................................................................................. 116
8.4.1 Overview ........................................................................................................................................ 116
8.4.2 Partitioning a Logical Drive (LD) .................................................................................................. 116
8.4.3 Partitioning a Logical Volume (LV) .............................................................................................. 118
9.1 Accessing the LUN Map Table ............................................................................................................... 121
9.2 LUN Mapping .......................................................................................................................................... 123
9.2.1 Mapping a Complete LD or LV ..................................................................................................... 123