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MegaRAID SAS Software User Guide Chapter 6: MegaRAID Storage Manager Overview and Installation | Overview
Chapter 6
6.1 Overview The MegaRAID Storage Manager software enables you to configure, monitor, and
maintain storage configurations on LSISAS controllers. The MegaRAID Storage
Manager graphical user interface (GUI) makes it easy for you to create and manage
storage configurations.
6.1.1 Creating Storage
Configurations
The MegaRAID Storage Manager software enables you to easily configure the
controllers, drives, and virtual drives on your workstation or on the server. The
Configuration wizard greatly simplifies the process of creating drive groups and virtual
drives. The wizard allows you to easily create new storage configurations and modify
the configurations.
You can create configurations using the following modes:
 Simple configuration specifies a limited number of settings and has the system
select drives for you. This option is the easiest way to create a virtual drive.
 Advanced configuration lets you choose additional settings and customize the
creation of virtual drives. This option provides greater flexibility when creating
virtual drives for your specific requirements because you can select the drives and
the virtual drive settings when you create a virtual drive. In addition, you can use
the advanced configuration procedure to create spanned drive groups.
In addition, the Modify Drive Group wizard enables you to increase the capacity of a
virtual drive and to change the RAID level of a drive group.
NOTE: The Modify Drive Group wizard was previously known as the Reconstruction
wizard.
6.1.2 Monitoring Storage Devices The MegaRAID Storage Manager software displays the status of controllers, virtual
drives, and drives on the workstation or on the server that you are monitoring. The
system errors and events are recorded in an event log file and are displayed on the
dialog. Special device icons appear on the window to notify you of drive failures and
other events that require immediate attention.
6.1.3 Maintaining Storage
Configurations
You can use the MegaRAID Storage Manager software to perform system maintenance
tasks, such as running patrol read operations, updating firmware, and running
consistency checks on drive groups that support redundancy.
MegaRAID Storage Manager Overview and Installation
This chapter provides a brief overview of the MegaRAID® Storage Manager software
and explains how to install it on the supported operating systems.