User Manual

1. Introduction
User Guide Page 1-5
• Selective initialization method with background initialization
• Online RAID set expansion and level migration
• Controller and Disk Cache Control to optimize read/write performance
• Supports write-back and write-through caching
• Automatic drive insertion/removal detection and fast disk rebuilding
• Online bad block data recovery and reallocation
• Online disk scrubbing and data refresh and parity regeneration
• Disk health monitoring by S.M.A.R.T.
• NVRAM-based transaction log and auto parity resynchronization
• Array roaming and disk traveling with redundant on-disk metadata
• Array recovery to restore RAID configurations
• Dual firmware images for firmware recovery
• Disk Lag Proof technology to guarantee disk timely response
• Equalization mode to smooth the performance of sequential data transfers
5. Management
• Java-based GUI, cross-platform executable
• Enclosure components monitoring and control via GUI
• LED indicator for RAID & enclosure status
• Event logging to text file with event viewer
• Event notification by email (SMTP)
• Centralized multiple RAID system management
• Supports both in-band and out-of-band management
• Supports RAID management by EFI and BIOS
• Support firmware upgrade via GUI
• Support CLI (Command Line Interface)
• Support SNMP
• Support remote management
6. Enclosure
• FAN, Power, Temperature status LED indication in the front faceplate.
• Dimensions: 88mm(H) x 483mm(W) x 597mm(L)
• Weight: 3.2 Kg (w/o HDDs or SSDs); 7 pound (w/o HDDs or SSDs)
7. Supported OS
• Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008 and Windows 7(32/64-bit, Miniport and Storport driver, WHQL
certified)
• Linux: Red Hat, SUSE, Fedora, CentOS, Debian, etc.
• MAC: OS X( 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8 and later)
8. Operating Conditions
• Humidity: 5% - 85%
• Operating Temperature: 0C – 40C