Intel SRCU31, User Manual

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Storage Console 83
Loading StorCon Under SCO UnixWare
Load StorCon by typing the following at the prompt:
StorCon <Enter>
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NOTE
To monitor the server(s) remotely using StorCon, load MON4SOCK.DLL in the same directory as
StorCon. This DLL supports SPX/IPX and TCP/IP network protocols (for NetBIOS you can load
instead MON4NETB.DLL).
The StorCon Program
The structure of the Intel RAID Controller SRCU31 firmware has four different levels of hierarchy.
Level 1 where the Physical Devices are found, level 2 containing the Logical Drives (made up of
one or several physical drives), level 3, the Array Drives, and finally, level 4, the Host Drives.
Only host drives are known to the operating system. Using the drives of the next lower level as
components always sets up the drive of a given level of hierarchy.
The structure of the Intel RAID Controller SRCU31 firmware has four different levels of hierarchy.
Level 1 where the Physical Devices are found, level 2 containing the logical drives (made up of one
or several physical drives), level 3, the array drives, and finally, level 4, the host drives. Only host
drives are known to the operating system. Accordingly, StorCon has various menu options, each
referring to a level of hierarchy.
Host Drives Level 4
Arrays Drives Level 3
Logical Drives Level 2
Physical Devices Level 1
Intel RAID Controller SRCU31 can simultaneously control most types of host drives. For example,
a given system’s drive C is a host drive (consisting of a single hard disk drive), drive D is a type
RAID 5 array drive, drive E is a Chain host drive, and drive F is a CD-ROM which communicates
with the OS through corelSCSI and the ASPI manager.