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Accusys ExaRAID GUI User Manual

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2.7.2 Defragmenting disk groups ...................................................................2-43
2.7.3 Changing RAID level / stripe size for logical disks ................................2-44
2.7.4 Expanding the capacity of logical disks in a disk group ........................2-45
2.7.5 Shrinking logical disks ..........................................................................2-46
2.7.6 Expanding volumes ..............................................................................2-46
2.7.7 Shrinking volumes ................................................................................2-47
2.7.8 Cloning hard disks ................................................................................2-47
2.7.9 Scrubbing ..............................................................................................2-49
2.7.10 Regenerating the parity ......................................................................2-50
2.7.11 Performing disk self test .....................................................................2-50
2.7.12 Array roaming .....................................................................................2-51
2.7.13 Array recovery ....................................................................................2-52
2.7.14 Schedule task .....................................................................................2-54
2.7.15 Cache Configurations .........................................................................2-54
2.7.16 Miscellaneous .....................................................................................2-55

2.8 Hardware Configurations .............................................................................2-56

2.8.1 Hard disks .............................................................................................2-56
2.8.2 FC/SAS/SCSI/iSCSI ports ....................................................................2-59
2.8.3 COM port ..............................................................................................2-60

2.9 Event Management ......................................................................................2-61

2.9.1 Setting up the SMTP .............................................................................2-61
2.9.2 Setting up the SNMP ............................................................................2-62
2.9.3 Event logs .............................................................................................2-64
2.9.4 UPS ......................................................................................................2-66
2.9.5 Miscellaneous .......................................................................................2-67

2.10 System Management .................................................................................2-68

2.10.1 Restoring to factory settings ...............................................................2-68
2.10.2 NVRAM configuration .........................................................................2-68
2.10.3 Setting up the network ........................................................................2-70
2.10.4 System Time .......................................................................................2-71
2.10.5 Security control ...................................................................................2-72
2.10.6 System information .............................................................................2-73
2.10.7 Battery backup module .......................................................................2-73
2.10.8 Update system firmware, boot code and external enclosure F/W ......2-74
2.10.9 Restart or halt the controller ...............................................................2-74
2.10.10 Miscellaneous ...................................................................................2-75

2.11 Performance Management ........................................................................2-76

2.11.1 Hard disks ...........................................................................................2-76
2.11.2 Cache .................................................................................................2-76
2.11.3 LUN .....................................................................................................2-77
2.11.4 Storage port ........................................................................................2-78