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User Manual

eSATA 6G-4e PCIe 2.0 Controller Card

RAID

Содержание PAXPower RAID

Страница 1: ...User Manual eSATA 6G 4e PCIe 2 0 Controller Card RAID ...

Страница 2: ...irements Page 4 b Hardware Installation Page 4 c Driver Software Installation Page 5 6 d Booting to the MAXPower RAID eSATA 6G 4e Card Page 7 8 Part 3 Management Page 9 a NewerTech Web Manager Access Page 9 b Device Management Page 10 c Array Management Page 11 12 d Spare Pool Management Page 13 e Events Page 13 f Tasks Page 13 g Settings Page 14 h SHI Storage Health Inspector Page 15 i Web Manage...

Страница 3: ... a RAID 0 so significant speed gains are seen Protection Utilizes mathematical parity to achieve data protection while taking up a minimum of space Capacity All but one drive worth of capacity is usable In a four drive RAID 5 array there is three drives worth of usable space What is RAID RAID stands for Redundant Array of Independent Drives Put simply this means taking multiple matching drives and...

Страница 4: ... grounding strap Make sure to work in a clean and static free area and avoid wearing clothing that retains static charges For more information please visit www newertech com static NewerTech MAXPower RAID eSATA 6G 4e Any PC with an available PCIe 2 0 or 1 0 slot PCIe x8 or x16 slot required PCs with a Thunderbolt port and a PCIe expansion chassis may also be compatible with this card when running ...

Страница 5: ...s to install the drivers and the RAID Management application 1 Download the latest installer file from www newertech com support The correct zip file is named with the prefix maxpower_raid_esata6g_win_drivers Right click the downloaded file and choose Extract All 2 Click the Start menu then right click on Computer and select Properties 3 From the System screen click the Device Manager link on the ...

Страница 6: ... RAID card it must have the drivers installed as well as the EFI support file uploaded to the card The clone restore process is different for the various Mac OS X versions using Disk Utility Third party cloning software can be used to greatly simplify the process on Mac OS X 10 7 and 10 8 Mac OS X 10 6 8 has the ability to do a file level clone restore using Disk Utility while you are booted to th...

Страница 7: ...t file to the card by using the Update BIOS section found in the Device Management section of the Web Manager To get to the Device Management section navigate to the Manage menu and select Devices Click on the Choose File button and browse to the EFI support file After selecting the EFI support file click on the Submit button 6 Restart your computer 7 If the destination drives connected to the MAX...

Страница 8: ...4e Access The NewerTech Web Manager can be accessed from any web browser on the computer being used by entering the following address into the address bar PC https localhost 7402 Mac https localhost 8402 When prompted for a username and password enter the following Username admin Password admin The password can be changed at any time from within the Settings section of the Web Manager Browsermusts...

Страница 9: ... RAID array will need to be unplugged from the Array Management screen before physically disconnecting the array or drive within the array See the Unplugging an Array on page 12 for more information Rescanning for Devices If a drive is connected to the controller while in the Device Management screen click Rescan Devices to have the Web Manager recognize the connected drive Initializing a drive wi...

Страница 10: ...ethod Quick Initialization Skips the full build initialization of the array and allows for a volume to be created This is not usually recommended and is only acceptable for use with new drives that have not had data previously written to them Foreground The RAID will fully initialize before a volume can be created and the array utilized This may take hours Background Allows a volume to be created ...

Страница 11: ...ecomes degraded and enters a Critical state usually caused by a failed drive it will need to be rebuilt If a spare drive has already been reserved via the Spare Pool Management section it will automatically replace a failed drive and begin the rebuild process If there are no drives in the Spare Pool follow these steps to replace a failed drive and begin the rebuild process Expanding Migrating an A...

Страница 12: ...cal levels If any problems are found a warning event will be created and logged If you have set SMTP settings for email notification of warnings in the Settings section of the Web Manager you will receive an email notification New Verify Task Scheduler The New Task Scheduler is only visible when redundant RAID arrays are present and is used to schedule times to run background verifications and reb...

Страница 13: ...ent Enter SMTP outgoing mail server setting here to allow notifications and warnings to be sent to email recipients You can add multiple recipients and choose level of events that are sent to each email recipient Listening Port The controller card s listening port for access to the Web Manager can be changed here The listening port is specified at the end of the URL http localhost used to access t...

Страница 14: ...s found and repaired Having a small number is acceptable but if the number continually grows or the number turns red it is strongly recommended to replace the drive SHI Storage Health Inspector The NewerTech Web Manager has a built in health monitoring system to allow for monitoring of drive characteristics and S M A R T status attributes To access click on the SHI menu item Self Monitoring Analys...

Страница 15: ... the array is rebuilding Legacy status indicating drive device has existing file system formatting Uninitialized status indicating the drive device or array has not been initialized or has stopped initialization Information Warning Error Critical status indicating a drive device is missing from the array Critical status indicating that the array needs to be rebuilt or when a RAID member is needing...

Страница 16: ...d you must follow a different procedure for physically disconnecting drives from the card Even though you ejected the drive from the desktop you must still unplug it from the Web Manager interface Log into the Web Manager and click on the Maintenance link for the array you wish to disconnect and click on the Unplug button Now the drives are ready to be physically unplugged from the RAID card I ins...

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Страница 23: ...ency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to...

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