3DM 2 Online Help

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Welcome to the 3DM® 2 Help System
Introducing the 3ware® SATA RAID Controller
System Requirements
Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels
RAID Concepts
RAID Concepts
Available RAID Configurations
Determining What RAID Level to Use
3ware Tools for Configuration and Management
Monitoring, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting Features
Getting Started with Your 3ware RAID Controller
3DM® 2 (3ware® Disk Manager) Introduction
Browser Requirements for 3DM
Starting 3DM and Logging In
Logging In to the 3DM Web Application
Starting the 3DM Daemon under Linux and FreeBSD
Starting the 3DM Process under Microsoft Windows
Viewing 3DM Remotely Using a Web Browser
Working with the 3DM Screens
3DM Menus
Viewing Information About Different Controllers
Refreshing the Screen
3DM Screens and What They're Used For
Setting Up 3DM Preferences
Setting and Changing 3DM Passwords
Managing E-mail Event Notification
Enabling and Disabling Remote Access
Setting the Incoming Port #
Setting the Frequency of Page Refreshes
Configuring Your Controller
Viewing Information About a Controller
About Controller Policies
Viewing Controller Policies
Setting the Auto Rebuild Policy
Using Auto-Carving for Multi LUN Support
Setting the Size of Volumes Created with Auto-Carving
Enabling and Setting Up Staggered Spin-up
Exporting JBOD Disks
Configuring Units
Configuring a New Unit
Configuration Options When Creating a Unit
Creating a Unit
Partitioning, Formatting, and Mounting Units
Creating a Hot Spare
Naming a Unit
Setting Unit Policies
Enabling and Disabling the Unit Write Cache
Setting Auto Verify for a Unit
Setting Continue on Source Error During Rebuild
Enabling and Disabling Queuing for a Unit
Setting the StorSave Profile for a Unit
Changing An Existing Configuration by Migrating
RAID Level Migration (RLM) Overview
Changing RAID Level
Expanding Unit Capacity
Informing the Operating System of Changed Configuration
Deleting a Unit
Removing a Unit
Moving a Unit from One Controller to Another
Moving Units from an 8000 Controller to a 9000 Controller
Moving Legacy JBOD Units to a 9000 Controller
Moving Units from a 9500S to a 9550SX, 9590SE, or 9650SE Controller
Adding a Drive
Removing a Drive
Rescanning the Controller
Maintaining Units
Checking Unit and Drive Status
Enclosure LED Status Indicators
Unit Statuses
Drive Statuses
About Degraded Units
About Inoperable Units
Alarms, Errors, and Other Events
Viewing Alarms, Errors, and Other Events
Using the Alert Utility Under Windows
Downloading an Error Log
Viewing SMART Data About a Drive
Background Tasks
About Initialization
About Verification
Starting a Verify Manually
Rebuilding Units
Cancelling a Rebuild and Restarting It with a Different Drive
Setting Background Task Rate
Background Task Prioritization
Scheduling Background Tasks
Viewing Current Task Schedules
Turning On or Off Use of a Task Schedule
Removing a Task Schedule
Adding a New Task Schedule Slot
Selecting Self-tests to be Performed
Locating a Drive by Blinking Its LED
Maintaining Your Controller
Determining the Current Version of Your 3ware Driver
Updating the Driver and Firmware
Updating the 3ware Driver and Firmware Under Windows
Using the Update Utility With Multiple Controllers
Updating the 3ware Driver Under Windows XP
Updating the 3ware Driver Under Red Hat or Fedora Core
Updating the 3ware Driver Under SuSE
Updating the 3ware Driver Under FreeBSD
Updating the Firmware Under Linux and FreeBSD
Viewing Battery Information
Testing Battery Capacity
3DM 2 Reference
Controller Summary page
Controller Details page
Unit Information page
Unit Details page
Drive Information page
Drive Details window
Controller Settings page
Scheduling page
Maintenance page
Alarms page
Battery Backup page
Enclosure Summary page
Enclosure Details page
3DM 2 Settings page
Troubleshooting
Web Resources
Before Contacting Customer Support
Command Logging
Problems in 3DM
Error and Notification Messages
Copyright, Trademarks, and Disclaimer

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