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System features – StorCase Technology DS500 User Manual

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Introduction

Kingston Technology Company

RemotaSilo User’s Guide - Rev. B00

System Features

The DS500 RemotaSilo chassis connects to a host PC computer using
the asynchronous serial cable (provided). The RemotaSilo software can
run under Windows 95

®

or Windows NT

®

, and offers the following

system features:

q

Set Chassis Temperature Alarm Levels

q

Set System Manager’s Pager, Fax, and E-mail Numbers

q

View Chassis Configuration

q

Drive Bay Number Assignments

q

Temperature Alarm Settings

q

System Manager Information

q

View Chassis Environmental Specifications

q

View +12V and +5V voltage levels output from each
Installed power supply

q

View +12V and +5V voltage levels for the installed drives

q

View ambient temperature
(within 1

°

accuracy between 0

°

C and 55

°

C)

q

View Chassis Alarm Logs

q

Detects +12V out of range

±

5%

q

Detects +5V out of range

±

5%

q

Detects excessive ambient temperature levels

q

Detects operating status of installed fan(s)

q

Switch to RAID utility programs provided by the RAID controller

q

View and modify RAID configuration

q

View RAID controller alarm logs which detect operating status
of installed drives via RAID controller

q

Supports SES (SCSI-3 Enclosure Services) and SAF-TE (SCSI
Accessed Fault Tolerance Enclosures) protocols

q

Supports SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) (Windows
NT required for SNMP interface)

q

Local host to remote host terminal control transfer (requires
Windows’ built-in

Dial-up Networking utility, or third-party software

such as Norton

®

pcANYWHERE).