2. ITEMS MONITORED BY THE RAS FEATURE
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2.3 Drive Failure Prediction Function (SMART Monitoring)
The hard drives in this equipment have the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting
Technology (SMART) function, which constantly monitors the condition of the drives and
anticipates a failure before the failure manifests itself. The drive failure prediction function
notifies in the following methods when there is a possibility that failure may occur in a drive
in near future.
(1) Hardware status window
(2) Event notification
(3) Popup notification
(4) Outputs on the status display digital LEDs
(5) Remote notification
(6) The hfwDiskStat and GetHddPredict functions in the RAS library
For details about (1) to (5), see “CHAPTER 4 CHECKING THE HARDWARE STATUS”.
For details about (6), see “6.1.8 Get function for the failure prediction status of the drive
(GetHddPredict)”, “6.1.9 Get function for the drive condition (hfwDiskStat)”.
This function can be enabled or disabled in the RAS Setup window. If this function is
disabled, notification using the methods above is disabled. For details, see “3.1.3 Using the
RAS Setup window”.
NOTICE
When failure of a drive is anticipated, the drive may experience hardware failure
in near future. We recommend you to back up the data and replace the drive. For
information about how to replace a drive, refer to “HF-W7500 Model 40
INSTRUCTION MANUAL (manual number WIN-62-0065)”.
NOTE
• It is not possible for the Drive Failure Prediction Function to anticipate all
failures. Therefore, a drive may fail before the Drive Failure Prediction
Function anticipates any failures.
• This function only monitors the internal drives that are recognized during OS
startup. If you connect a new drive or replace a drive with a new drive, for
example, for maintenance, it may take a long time to recognize the new drive
at the first startup after the new drive is connected, and the drive may not be
recognized as a drive to be monitored. If this situation happens, restart this
equipment.
• For D Model, the drive failure prediction function is always enabled. You
cannot disable this function.
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