Toshiba Magnia 560S - Manual (Page 161)

Features
Installing Power Console Plus
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Installing Power Console
Plus
Power Console Plus is an object-oriented GUI utility that lets you efficiently configure,
and monitor a large RAID array of disks locally or over a network with several servers.
Power Console Plus is for servers that support Windows 2000, and are capable of
monitoring and being monitored.
You can use Power Console Plus to control and monitor the status of each physical
drive connected to the MegaRAID controller. You can use it to control and monitor the
status of hard disk drives.
Apart from the standard menu structure, the Power Console Plus user interface is
object-oriented: the picture of an object on the screen truly represents a physical or
logical object. You can right click the mouse on an object to display a set of options for
the selected object.
Features
The Power Console Plus features include:
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A configuration wizard that guides you through the configuration process
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FlexRAID functionality for seamless online expansion without interrupting server
operations
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On-the-fly RAID level migration
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Support for SAF-TE (SCSI Accessed Fault-Tolerant Enclosure), SNMP, and
SMART
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Check Consistency feature, which can be scheduled to constantly ensure that parity
and mirrored data are written correctly
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Performance monitor
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Enclosure management to monitor temperature, power supply voltage, and fan
status
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Ability to change logical drive write, read, and cache policies after the logical drive
has been configured
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Ability to save the configuration option
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Ability to spin down physical drives before removal
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Ability to view actual current SCSI transfer rate
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Silent install
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Battery backup support
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Complete system monitoring capability