Instruction manual

113 Using the 3ware Disk Manager®
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The menu bar across the top of the screen gives you access to other pages in 3DM. You
can move between pages by using the menu bar, or by clicking a link on the page.
The main area of the page provides summary or detail information about your 3ware
RAID controller and the resources connected to it.
As you work in 3DM, the Messages area just below the menu bar displays information
about the results of commands you have selected.
3DM Menus
The 3DM menu bar groups access to a number of 3DM pages on menus, and provides
direct link access to others.
Status information is available from the
Information menu. You can view controller, unit,
and drive information for a particular controller.
The
Management menu gives you access to tasks used for managing controller-level
settings (background task rate, enabling of unit write cache, and policies that affect all
units managed by the controller), tasks that can be scheduled (rebuild, verify, and self-
test), and maintenance of individual units. Unit configuration can also be done through
the
Management > Maintenance page.
The
Alarms page shows a list of alarms, including the specific alarm message, and the
exact date and time it occurred.
The
3DM Settings page lets you set preferences, including email notification for alarms,
passwords, page refresh frequency, whether remote access is permitted, and the incom-
ing port which 3DM will use for listening.
Help lets you access information about using 3DM, and provides access to an electronic
copy of a user’s manual.
Refreshing the Screen
You can refresh the data on the screen at any time by clicking Refresh in the menu bar.
This causes 3DM to update the information shown with current information from the con-
troller and associated drives.
Automatic refreshes can also be set. For details, see “Setting the Frequency of Page
Refreshes” on page 116.
Figure 5-2 3DM Menu Bar