Nortel Networks BCM200/400 - Manual (Page 232)

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Figure 104 Disk mirror settings screen
Monitoring RAID disk mirror operational status using Element
Manager
Use this procedure to monitor the primary master and mirror master hard disk activity on systems
equipped with a RAID configuration. Use Element Manager in this procedure to monitor the
RAID disk mirror operation.
Table 83 Setting field descriptions and actions
Settings field description Perform the activity
Operation Mode: Options available are
Primary Only, Mirror Only, or Mirror Mode
(default value). Nortel recommends that you select Mirror mode from the
drop-down menu
You can disable the mirroring function and operate from either
the primary master or the mirror master drive only. Use this
option to isolate drive problems.
Beep on drive failure: Options available
are disabled, continuously, Every 5
seconds, or Every 30 seconds (default
value). Select the beep timing interval for alarm notification.
On some systems, if the RAID card fails, the audible alarm
sounds continuously for 15 seconds. After the 15 second
period, the beep alarm sounds in accordance to the beep
timing setting.
Note: You must ensure the system status monitor service is running to monitor primary
master and mirror master disk operation and disk mirroring activity.