H%2; 5 5$ID Manager User Guide Rev.0.90 eBOX-R5 RAID Manager User Guide Rev. 0.
Revision History Revision Date Editor Revision Description 0.90 Shirley Yeh Initial Release 2009/03/19 eBOX-R5 RAID Manager User Guide Rev. 0.
Contents 1. Introduction................................................................................................................................................5 2 Getting Start ................................................................................................................................................7 2.1 Basic Mode................................................................................................................................................7 2.1.
Figure 21 – “Select All Events” Button and “Clear All Events” Button.................................................19 Figure 22 – Advanced RAID Configuration..............................................................................................20 Figure 23 – Advanced RAID Configuration..............................................................................................21 Figure 24 – Modify RAID Disk Size ......................................................................................
1. Introduction This guide explains how to use HW RAID Manager to configure RAID and monitor the status of the disks connected on hardware RAID controller. Once HW RAID Manager is launched, the HW RAID Manager GUI window will be opened and the application icon could also be found in the notification tray located at the bottom right hand corner of the screen.
Figure 2 – Basic Mode Figure 3 – Advanced Mode eBOX-R5 RAID Manager User Guide Rev. 0.
2. Getting Started The following sections will lead you go through all basic pages and advanced pages. Let us start with the “RAID and Disk Information” page. 2.1 Basic Mode The basic mode is aimed to provide users to navigate the disk and RAID information, the event log as well as do the basic configuration to the connected disks. 2.1.1 RAID and Disk Information This page consists of two parts.
Figure 4 – Controller Information When the user move the mouse upon the “Controller Information” label, it will be highlighted with red color and show a tool-tip to tell that it could be clicked to identify the controller with the specified host LED flashing. eBOX-R5 RAID Manager User Guide Rev. 0.
Figure 5 – Identify the Controller If the hardware monitor controller exists, the application will show an “Advanced…” label at the right bottom corner of the table. The user could simply click it to browse the system information. Figure 6 – System Information eBOX-R5 RAID Manager User Guide Rev. 0.
2.1.1.2 RAID Information If the user selects a RAID item from the tree view, it will display the detail information of the specified RAID at the right top table and also display the RAID member disk charts at the right bottom area. Figure 7 – RAID Information If the selected RAID is in rebuilding state, it will be highlighted with green color in the tree view. Also, the rebuilding animation will be played at the bottom left and right area.
Figure 8 – Disk Information The user could simply click the “Disk Information” label to identify the specified RAID with the disk LED flashing. If the disk is a RAID member disk, the application will show an “Advanced…” label at the right bottom corner of the table. The user could simply click it to browse the SMART information of the specified disk. eBOX-R5 RAID Manager User Guide Rev. 0.
Figure 9 – SMART Information 2.1.2 Event Log Viewer HW RAID Manager will monitor the status of all connected disks and RAID and make records of the occurrence of the events. The user could browse all events through this event log viewer page. The user could save the logs to a profile by pressing the “Save to Profile” button. It will pop up a dialog for the user to fill the profile name. Besides, the user could simply clear all the logs by pressing the “Clear” button. eBOX-R5 RAID Manager User Guide Rev.
Figure 10 – Event Log Viewer Figure 11 – Save The Event Logs To A File eBOX-R5 RAID Manager User Guide Rev. 0.
2.1.3 Basic RAID Configuration HW RAID Manager provides users to do the basic RAID configuration to the connected disks in this page. According to the number and capacity of the connected disks, HW RAID Manager will provide the available RAID type for users to select. When the user select his/her desired RAID type, HW RAID Manager will automatically select the available disks to build the RAID and calculate the RAID capacity.
Figure 13 – Setting Password for new RAID After selecting the RAID type and setting the password (optional), the user just need press the “Apply” button to apply the configuration or press “Cancel” button to restore to the original disk state. If the user wants to delete the existing RAID, the user could select the “DELETE ALL RAID” button to delete the RAID and apply it. When the user presses the “Apply” button, it will pop up a dialog to ask for the confirmation.
Figure 15 – Show Configuration Progress Window After the RAID configuration finishes, it will pop up a message dialog to tell that a RAID is newly created or a RAID has been deleted. Figure 16 – Information Message Box eBOX-R5 RAID Manager User Guide Rev. 0.
Figure 17 – Warning Message Box At last, the disk charts will be redrawn to reflect the result of the configuration. The newly created RAID will be shown with the gradient color. If the user deletes the RAID, the disk charts will be drawn in green color. Figure 18 – Update Disk Charts After Creating RAID eBOX-R5 RAID Manager User Guide Rev. 0.
Figure 19 – Update Disk Charts After Deleting All RAID 2.2 Advanced Mode The advanced mode is aimed to provide the advanced functionalities, such as Email notification settings, the advanced RAID configuration and firmware update. 2.2.1 Email Notification and Event Settings HW RAID Manager provides the function of the email notification when the specified events occur. The user might enter the mail server name, mail server port, sender e-mail address and recipients’ e-mail addresses in this page.
Figure 20 – Email Notification and Event Settings Additionally, the user might select the events for email notification. The user could click the following buttons to select all events or clear all events. Of course, he could also check the events by himself for e-mail notification.
2.2.2 Advanced RAID Configuration For the advanced users, HW RAID Manager also provides them to do the advanced RAID configuration to the connected disks. The user is not only able to select the RAID type but also could select the desirable disks to build the RAID. HW RAID Manager will depend on the status of the connected disks and provide the available disks for users to select.
Figure 23 – Advanced RAID Configuration When the user selects the disks, he/she could also modify the RAID disk size by simply clicking the specified disk chart and adjust the disk size from the slider at the bottom. The disk which is being adjusted the size is highlighted with deep red color. eBOX-R5 RAID Manager User Guide Rev. 0.
Figure 24 – Modify RAID Disk Size The user could delete the RAID by checking the “Delete DAID” check box. The bottom group box will be updated and show the existing RAID. The user could select the RAID to be deleted. eBOX-R5 RAID Manager User Guide Rev. 0.
Figure 25 – Delete RAID If the deleted RAID supports password, the password check box will be automatically enabled for the user to enter the password. The RAID member disk which is being deleted is drawn in the cross pattern. The “Apply” button is just enabled for clicking once all configuration settings are done. eBOX-R5 RAID Manager User Guide Rev. 0.
Figure 26 – Select The Deleted RAID And Provide Password 2.2.3 Firmware Information The user could browse the firmware information and update the firmware in this page. To update the firmware, the user just simply presses the “browse” button to select the suitable firmware and then presses the “Update” button. eBOX-R5 RAID Manager User Guide Rev. 0.
Figure 27 – Firmware Update There is a progress bar to be appeared at the bottom and it will show the percentage of the firmware update. After the firmware update progress finishes, it will popup a message dialog and ask the user to restart the controller to take effect. eBOX-R5 RAID Manager User Guide Rev. 0.
Figure 28 – Show Progress Bar Figure 29 – Show Dialog to Reboot the System eBOX-R5 RAID Manager User Guide Rev. 0.
