User guide
Table Of Contents
- Title Page
- Table of Contents
- About this User Guide
- Introducing the 3ware® SATA RAID Controller
- Getting Started with Your 3ware RAID Controller
- First-Time RAID Configuration Using 3BM
- Driver Installation
- Driver Installation Under Windows
- Driver Installation Under Linux
- Obtaining 3ware Linux Drivers
- Driver Installation Under Red Hat Linux or Fedora Core 5
- Materials required
- Creating a Red Hat Linux Driver Diskette
- Installing the 3ware Kernel Driver Module while Installing Red Hat Linux on a New Unit
- Installing the 3ware Kernel Driver Module on a Red Hat or Fedora Core Linux System that Boots From a Different Device
- About Variables In the Kernel Driver Module Installation Instructions
- Driver Installation Under SuSE Linux
- Compiling a 3ware Driver for Linux
- Driver Installation Under FreeBSD
- 3ware BIOS Manager 2 (3BM 2) Introduction
- 3DM 2 (3ware Disk Manager) Introduction
- Configuring Your Controller
- Configuring Units
- Configuring a New Unit
- Creating a Hot Spare
- Naming a Unit
- Setting Unit Policies
- Changing An Existing Configuration by Migrating
- Deleting a Unit
- Removing a Unit
- Moving a Unit from One Controller to Another
- Adding a Drive
- Removing a Drive
- Rescanning the Controller
- Maintaining Units
- Checking Unit and Drive Status through 3DM
- About Degraded Units
- About Inoperable Units
- Alarms, Errors, and Other Events
- Background Tasks
- Scheduling Background Tasks
- Locating a Drive by Blinking Its LED
- Maintaining Your Controller
- Determining the Current Version of Your 3ware Driver
- Updating the Firmware and Driver
- Downloading the Driver and Firmware
- Updating the Firmware Through 3DM 2
- Updating the 3ware Driver and Firmware Under Windows
- Using the Update Utility With Multiple Controllers
- Updating the 3ware Driver Under Windows XP
- Updating the 3ware Driver Under Red Hat or Fedora Core
- Updating the 3ware Driver Under SuSE
- Updating the 3ware Driver Under FreeBSD
- Updating the Firmware Under Linux and FreeBSD
- Viewing Battery Information
- Testing Battery Capacity
- 3DM 2 Reference
- Troubleshooting
- Appendices
- Index
Chapter 11. 3DM 2 Reference
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E-mail Notification
Use the fields in this section to set up and manage notifications of events by e-
mail.
Send E-mail. This field determines whether e-mail notification is Enabled or
Disabled. It is a good idea to enable this feature, so that you receive email
when your units or drives have problems.
Notify On. Specifies the type of events for which notifications should be sent.
A severity of
Information will send e-mails for all alarms, a severity of
Warning will send e-mail for alarms with severity of Warning and Error. A
severity of
Error will send e-mail for alarms with severity of Error.
Sender. Enter the email address which will appear in the “From” field.
Recipient. The e-mail address to which notifications should be sent. You can
enter multiple addresses, separated by commas (,).
Mail Server (name or IP). If the machine on which you are running 3DM has
access to a name server, you may enter the machine name of the mail server in
the Server field. Otherwise, use the IP address.
Mail Server Login. If your email server requires authentication, enter the
login for the server. If you are uncertain of the login, contact the administrator
of the email server.
Mail Server Password. If your email server requires authentication, enter the
password for the Mail Server login.
Save E-mail Settings button. Saves the e-mail notification settings.
Send Test Message button. Sends a test message using the saved e-mail
settings.
Password
Use the fields in this section to set the passwords for the User and
Administrator. When 3DM is first installed, the default password for both is
3ware.
Change Password For. Select the access level for which you are setting the
password:
User or Administrator. Users can only view status information in
3DM, while Administrators can make changes and administer the controller
and associated drives.
Current Password. Enter the current password.
New Password. Enter the new password.
Confirm New Password. Enter the new password a second time, to be sure
you have entered it correctly.
Change Password button. Saves password changes.