Asus PIKE 2008 User Manual
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Chapter 2: RAID configuration
• Port
• Volume
• Virtual disk
• Physical drive
A red circle to the right of an icon indicates that the device has failed. For example,
this icon indicates that a physical drive has failed:
.
A yellow circle to the right of an icon indicates that a device is running in a
degraded state. For example, this icon indicates that a virtual disk is running in a
degraded state because a disk drive has failed:
.
Properties View Panel
The right panel of the MegaRAID Storage Manager window has the Properties
tab that displays information about the selected device. For example, if a controller
icon is selected in the left panel, the Properties tab lists information such as the
controller name, NVRAM size, and device port count.
Event Log Panel
The lower part of the MegaRAID Storage Manager window displays the system
event log entries. New event log entries appear during the session. Each entry has
an ID, a timestamp and date, an error level indicating the severity of the event, and
a brief description of the event.
Menu Bar
Here are brief descriptions of the main selections on the MegaRAID Storage
Manager menu bar.
Manage Menu
The Manager menu has an Exit option for exiting from the MegaRAID
Storage Manager software. It also has a Refresh option for updating the
display in the MegaRAID Storage Manager window. (Refresh is seldom
required; the display normally updates automatically.)
The Manage menu options also include Check Consistency, Initialize, and
Show Progress.