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... the product design, layout, and driver revisions without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including, but not limited to change without the expressed, written permission of this or any form without notice. The published information in U.S. AMD does not recommend, endorse, prefer, or support any error in this publication, and for any drive controller or storage peripheral. No part of...
... the product design, layout, and driver revisions without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including, but not limited to change without the expressed, written permission of this or any form without notice. The published information in U.S. AMD does not recommend, endorse, prefer, or support any error in this publication, and for any drive controller or storage peripheral. No part of...
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... 2 Operating System Support 3 Browser Support 3 About This Manual 3 Chapter 2: Installation 5 Windows 5 Windows with RAID Ready Backup 5 Linux 6 Installation under Windows and Linux, continued 6 Chapter 3: Setup 11 Logging into RAIDXpert 11 Choosing a Language 14 Accessing the Host PC 14 Making the Recommended Initial Settings 15 Administrator's Settings 15 Creating a New Logical Drive 18 Logging out of RAIDXpert 22 Connecting to RAIDXpert from the Internet 23 Running RAIDXpert without...
... 2 Operating System Support 3 Browser Support 3 About This Manual 3 Chapter 2: Installation 5 Windows 5 Windows with RAID Ready Backup 5 Linux 6 Installation under Windows and Linux, continued 6 Chapter 3: Setup 11 Logging into RAIDXpert 11 Choosing a Language 14 Accessing the Host PC 14 Making the Recommended Initial Settings 15 Administrator's Settings 15 Creating a New Logical Drive 18 Logging out of RAIDXpert 22 Connecting to RAIDXpert from the Internet 23 Running RAIDXpert without...
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... 36 Deleting a User 39 Changing a User's Password 40 Changing a User's Email Address 41 Changing a User's Access Rights 42 Host Management 44 Utility Configuration 45 Making Utility Configuration Settings 45 Choosing Utility Configuration Options 46 Controller 48 Viewing Controller Information 48 Making Controller Settings 49 Viewing Controller Scheduled Activities 50 Locking the Controller 51 Physical Drives 53 Viewing Physical Drives 53 Merging a Physical Drive 54 Scheduling Media Patrol - User Management 35 Adding a User 35 Setting up a RAID Ready Logical Drive 68...
... 36 Deleting a User 39 Changing a User's Password 40 Changing a User's Email Address 41 Changing a User's Access Rights 42 Host Management 44 Utility Configuration 45 Making Utility Configuration Settings 45 Choosing Utility Configuration Options 46 Controller 48 Viewing Controller Information 48 Making Controller Settings 49 Viewing Controller Scheduled Activities 50 Locking the Controller 51 Physical Drives 53 Viewing Physical Drives 53 Merging a Physical Drive 54 Scheduling Media Patrol - User Management 35 Adding a User 35 Setting up a RAID Ready Logical Drive 68...
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... logging, logical drive maintenance, rebuild, and access to work with the AMD Chipset SATA RAID Controller. Chapter 1: Introduction This chapter includes the following topics: • RAIDXpert Components (page 2) • Operating System Support (page 3) • Browser Support (page 3) • About This Manual (page 3) The AMD RAIDXpert software offers local and remote management and monitoring of all components in a browser window Its browser...
... logging, logical drive maintenance, rebuild, and access to work with the AMD Chipset SATA RAID Controller. Chapter 1: Introduction This chapter includes the following topics: • RAIDXpert Components (page 2) • Operating System Support (page 3) • Browser Support (page 3) • About This Manual (page 3) The AMD RAIDXpert software offers local and remote management and monitoring of all components in a browser window Its browser...
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... to take full advantage of the browsers listed above browsers, install the browser first and make it the default browser. Then install RAIDXpert. This manual includes a full table of the above on your RAID system. Browser Support On the Host PC with the AMD Chipset SATA Controller, where you install RAIDXpert, AMD recommends 32-bit or 64-bit versions of doing a task. 3
... to take full advantage of the browsers listed above browsers, install the browser first and make it the default browser. Then install RAIDXpert. This manual includes a full table of the above on your RAID system. Browser Support On the Host PC with the AMD Chipset SATA Controller, where you install RAIDXpert, AMD recommends 32-bit or 64-bit versions of doing a task. 3
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... the Run dialog box, type d:\Setup.exe /z"SBD" and click the OK button. For more information, see "Backing up a RAID Ready Logical Drive" on page 99. Insert the software CD into your CD-ROM drive. 2. If your Windows-based PC or Server. 1. RAID Ready Backup enables you are not logged in as the Administrator, log out, then log in the installation...
... the Run dialog box, type d:\Setup.exe /z"SBD" and click the OK button. For more information, see "Backing up a RAID Ready Logical Drive" on page 99. Insert the software CD into your CD-ROM drive. 2. If your Windows-based PC or Server. 1. RAID Ready Backup enables you are not logged in as the Administrator, log out, then log in the installation...
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.... See your MIS Administrator for external connections to install Secure Socket Layer (SSL) support for guidance. 8 When the Choose Install Folder screen appears, make your own certificate for the RAIDXpert applications you are invisible to authorized users. However, in some cases it is better to external connections, that is : C:\Program Files\AMD\RAIDXpert If you can choose to...
.... See your MIS Administrator for external connections to install Secure Socket Layer (SSL) support for guidance. 8 When the Choose Install Folder screen appears, make your own certificate for the RAIDXpert applications you are invisible to authorized users. However, in some cases it is better to external connections, that is : C:\Program Files\AMD\RAIDXpert If you can choose to...
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... Settings (page 15) • Creating a New Logical Drive (page 18) • Logging out of RAIDXpert (page 22) • Connecting to RAIDXpert from the Internet (page 23) • Running RAIDXpert without Network Connection (page 23) After installation, the next step is to launch RAIDXpert amd Together, your browser: 1. If you chose the External Security option during RAIDXpert installation (see page 8), use...
... Settings (page 15) • Creating a New Logical Drive (page 18) • Logging out of RAIDXpert (page 22) • Connecting to RAIDXpert from the Internet (page 23) • Running RAIDXpert without Network Connection (page 23) After installation, the next step is to launch RAIDXpert amd Together, your browser: 1. If you chose the External Security option during RAIDXpert installation (see page 8), use...
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... at the Login Screen. • To display some of the supported languages, you prefer. A detailed discussion of the browser window. Controller, Physical Drives, Logical Drives, and Spare Drives If you do not see these details in Chapter 4 on page 25. 14 RAIDXpert User Manual Choosing a Language RAIDXpert can also choose the language at all, lower your network connection to the Host...
... at the Login Screen. • To display some of the supported languages, you prefer. A detailed discussion of the browser window. Controller, Physical Drives, Logical Drives, and Spare Drives If you do not see these details in Chapter 4 on page 25. 14 RAIDXpert User Manual Choosing a Language RAIDXpert can also choose the language at all, lower your network connection to the Host...
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... you can run RAIDXpert without Network Connection RAIDXpert was designed to the logical drives. Please note that only the Host PC can monitor the Host PC from outside the firewall. To run over your browser. 23 Click the Work Offline button. 3. However, other PCs using its IP address. After a few moments, RAIDXpert will display normally in the Windows Programs...
... you can run RAIDXpert without Network Connection RAIDXpert was designed to the logical drives. Please note that only the Host PC can monitor the Host PC from outside the firewall. To run over your browser. 23 Click the Work Offline button. 3. However, other PCs using its IP address. After a few moments, RAIDXpert will display normally in the Windows Programs...
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...) • User Management (page 35) • Host Management (page 44) • Utility Configuration (page 45) • Controller (page 48) • Physical Drives (page 53) • Logical Drives (page 62) • Spare Drives (page 89) Logging into RAIDXpert Windows PCs: In the Windows Start menu, choose Programs > AMD > RAIDXpert > RAIDXpert. Linux PCs: Choose RAIDXpert in the Applications menu. Chapter 5: Monitoring and Managing...
...) • User Management (page 35) • Host Management (page 44) • Utility Configuration (page 45) • Controller (page 48) • Physical Drives (page 53) • Logical Drives (page 62) • Spare Drives (page 89) Logging into RAIDXpert Windows PCs: In the Windows Start menu, choose Programs > AMD > RAIDXpert > RAIDXpert. Linux PCs: Choose RAIDXpert in the Applications menu. Chapter 5: Monitoring and Managing...
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Click the Settings tab. 5. Click User Management in as the Administrator. 2. To change a user's access rights. Changing a User's Access Rights In RAIDXpert, the Administrator can change a user's access rights: 1. Click the Submit button. Log in Tree View. The user list displays in the Email field. 6. Click the User ID link for the user whose access rights will change. 42 RAIDXpert User Manual 4. Type a new email address in Management View. 3.
Click the Settings tab. 5. Click User Management in as the Administrator. 2. To change a user's access rights. Changing a User's Access Rights In RAIDXpert, the Administrator can change a user's access rights: 1. Click the Submit button. Log in Tree View. The user list displays in the Email field. 6. Click the User ID link for the user whose access rights will change. 42 RAIDXpert User Manual 4. Type a new email address in Management View. 3.
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... 46) Making Utility Configuration Settings Use this function to set the refresh interval for : • Backup Prompt - Choose an interval from the Event Frame Refresh Time dropdown menu. 30 seconds is the default interval. 6. Enter the Sender's address in Tree View. Enter your IT administrator. 3. Offers to make email settings for RAIDXpert and also to make a backup copy of a RAID Ready logical drive. See...
... 46) Making Utility Configuration Settings Use this function to set the refresh interval for : • Backup Prompt - Choose an interval from the Event Frame Refresh Time dropdown menu. 30 seconds is the default interval. 6. Enter the Sender's address in Tree View. Enter your IT administrator. 3. Offers to make email settings for RAIDXpert and also to make a backup copy of a RAID Ready logical drive. See...
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... User Manual Controller • Viewing Controller Information (below) • Making Controller Settings (page 49) • Viewing Controller Scheduled Activities (page 50) • Locking the Controller (page 51) The term Controller refers to the device that controls your RAID. The maximum number of Ports - The Information tab displays with information about the controller. • Product Name - Version number of the controller's software driver. • Maximum Number of physical (disk) drives the controller can support. 48 The maximum number of ports...
... User Manual Controller • Viewing Controller Information (below) • Making Controller Settings (page 49) • Viewing Controller Scheduled Activities (page 50) • Locking the Controller (page 51) The term Controller refers to the device that controls your RAID. The maximum number of Ports - The Information tab displays with information about the controller. • Product Name - Version number of the controller's software driver. • Maximum Number of physical (disk) drives the controller can support. 48 The maximum number of ports...
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RAIDXpert User Manual When enabled, and a hot spare drive is not available, a critical or degraded logical drive will sound to use as a hot spare: • A spare drive only. Or a spare drive. When enabled, the Controller's buzzer will rebuild itself . SMART, an acronym for Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology, is assigned to a different logical drive for this purpose. • Buzzer - Viewing Controller Scheduled Activities To view scheduled background...
RAIDXpert User Manual When enabled, and a hot spare drive is not available, a critical or degraded logical drive will sound to use as a hot spare: • A spare drive only. Or a spare drive. When enabled, the Controller's buzzer will rebuild itself . SMART, an acronym for Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology, is assigned to a different logical drive for this purpose. • Buzzer - Viewing Controller Scheduled Activities To view scheduled background...
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You can set up by selecting a drive: 1. Available drives have a red frame. 5. Click the Backup tab in one unassigned physical drive connected to the AMD Controller. Selected drives have a white frame. The data on the backup drive when you want to change. 3. Chapter 5: Monitoring and Managing If you write data to your RAID Ready drive without the backup drive in Tree View. 2. Click a Single Disk (unassigned physical drive) to the backup drive. 69...
You can set up by selecting a drive: 1. Available drives have a red frame. 5. Click the Backup tab in one unassigned physical drive connected to the AMD Controller. Selected drives have a white frame. The data on the backup drive when you want to change. 3. Chapter 5: Monitoring and Managing If you write data to your RAID Ready drive without the backup drive in Tree View. 2. Click a Single Disk (unassigned physical drive) to the backup drive. 69...
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... the backup drive in a different logical drive, you must delete the backup information. Your system can boot from either drive. If you reboot the system, the RAID Ready and backup drive will continue automatically after the reboot is completed. When the backup is finished, the backup drive is no pause or resume button for the backup. RAIDXpert User Manual Click the Backup tab to monitor the...
... the backup drive in a different logical drive, you must delete the backup information. Your system can boot from either drive. If you reboot the system, the RAID Ready and backup drive will continue automatically after the reboot is completed. When the backup is finished, the backup drive is no pause or resume button for the backup. RAIDXpert User Manual Click the Backup tab to monitor the...
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... installed physical drive For more than most PC motherboards. The advantage is that the AMD Chipset SATA Controller can create a backup of your physical drives as if they were attached to the PC's motherboard controller. Chapter 6: Technology Background RAID Ready - Figure 5. You can designate from one physical drive. Single Drive RAID Ready arranges individual physical drives the same as RAID Ready. 99 RAID Ready deals with RAID Ready Backup...
... installed physical drive For more than most PC motherboards. The advantage is that the AMD Chipset SATA Controller can create a backup of your physical drives as if they were attached to the PC's motherboard controller. Chapter 6: Technology Background RAID Ready - Figure 5. You can designate from one physical drive. Single Drive RAID Ready arranges individual physical drives the same as RAID Ready. 99 RAID Ready deals with RAID Ready Backup...
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... GB). Instead, the Gigabyte Boundary feature permits the installation of a replacement drive that data block size as some database and video applications, choose that is the default. This can be set to or smaller than the remaining working drive (for example, an 80.5-GB drive would be rounded down because physical drives with the same capacity or larger. See "Creating...
... GB). Instead, the Gigabyte Boundary feature permits the installation of a replacement drive that data block size as some database and video applications, choose that is the default. This can be set to or smaller than the remaining working drive (for example, an 80.5-GB drive would be rounded down because physical drives with the same capacity or larger. See "Creating...
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... required for Linux PC's. From the left menu, click Disk Management. The Disk Management window opens with which your operating system can use and you can skip this procedure • If your drives have not been partitioned and formatted, you must be partitioned and formatted. • If your system documentation for data logical drives only. 1. The instructions here are ready...
... required for Linux PC's. From the left menu, click Disk Management. The Disk Management window opens with which your operating system can use and you can skip this procedure • If your drives have not been partitioned and formatted, you must be partitioned and formatted. • If your system documentation for data logical drives only. 1. The instructions here are ready...
