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Administrative Tool
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Scan for new drives
Use this option to force the system to scan for new drives. The system automatically scans for new
drives every minute.
S.M.A.R.T.
S.M.A.R.T. stands for “Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology”. This is the system on a
hard drive used to monitor and report on the health of the drive. It helps to diagnose the system and
provide early warnings about the drives’ health.
Devices
Provides the list of all installed physical drives. It is possible to switch on S.M.A.R.T. monitoring here
and call Device properties dialog. In the list you can toggle the switch for each drive individually.
The following table describes the labels on the screen
Monitor Toggle on to enable monitoring
Device System name of the physical disk
Model Manufacturer’s model of the physical disk
Vendor Name of the vendor
Serial number Serial number of the physical disks
Capacity Capacity of the physical disk
Temperature Current temperature of the physical disk
The status of the physical disks is displayed in the Drive Health widget of the Dashboard:
•
OK - drives operating properly.
• Checking - system is checking the health status of the drives.
• Warning - at least one drive that has exceeded a S.M.A.R.T. parameters
• Error - S.M.A.R.T. has detected at least one drive with a failure. The drive may need to be replaced.
Device properties
To enter the dialog select desired drive and click the Edit button.