User manual

Chapter 5: RAID Monitoring & Maintenance

Set / Release Lock

Accessing an array to read or write data during maintenance or

conversion causes the operation to take longer and yields decreased

read/write performance until the operation is finished.

For array installations with multiple users on a network, you may

experience unintended interference by other users. To prevent the

interference, the Controller has a locking mechanism you can engage

for operations such as rebuilding, conversion, expansion, manual

synchronization and changing a disk drive.

You must have Maintenance Rights to use this function.

1. Click on the Controller

or icon in Tree View. The Controller

Management screens appear.

Figure 99. Controller Management Screens: UltraTrak (left),

SuperTrak (right).

2. In the Management Window, click on the Set Lock button (above).

3. Perform your maintenance as planned.

4. Click on the Release Lock button to resume normal operation.

Note

In the event that a User has left a Controller locked, the

Administrator can unlock all Controllers on the network by

clicking the Release All Locks button.