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On Windows Vista, you can also use Computer Management ÑŠ Disk Management GUI to do partition expansion and
shrinking.
Please follow the links below and enter “diskpart” to find more information:
Microsoft Web Site Links:
Search link:
http://search.microsoft.com/?mkt=en-US
Download diskpart utility link:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0fd9788a-5d64-4f57-949f-
ef62de7ab1ae&displaylang=en
5.6 RAIDGuard Central
5.6.1 Introduction
RAIDGuard Central is a software utility that allows you to remotely monitor multiple RAID systems located at different
networks, and to consolidate event logs from these RAID systems at a single console. It also offers smart discovery of
RAID systems and real-time event notification by MSN messages. The features and benefits of RAIDGuard Central are
summarized as below:
• Remote monitoring multiple RAID systems
With RAIDGuard Central, you can watch the status of multiple RAID systems by single GUI console, which can be
launched either locally or remotely by a web browser. You can quickly know the status of all RAID systems simply at
one glance, and when there is an event happening to a RAID system, you can launch the web GUI of the RAID system
by RAIDGuard Central to know further details of the RAID system or conduct maintenance tasks. This helps you
quickly locate the RAID systems in trouble and frees you from checking the GUI of each RAID system.
• Consolidating event logs of multiple RAID systems
RAIDGuard Central keeps monitoring the RAID systems and stores the event log from the RAID systems to local files.
You can browse the event logs of the RAID systems registered in RAIDGuard Central to know the complete event
history or to export the event log to files. Because the old event logs stored on the controller will eventually be
overwritten by latest events due to limited space of NVRAM, using RAIDGuard Central can help to keep as many event
logs as you need.
• Support multiple network segments
When RAID systems are located at different network segments, RAIDGuard Central can still monitor these RAID
systems and collect their event logs by introducing one RAIDGuard Central Agent for each network segment.
RAIDGuard Central Agent bridges between the RAID systems in the same local network and RAIDGuard Central, and
performs RAID system discovery and monitoring on behalf of RAIDGuard Central.
• Enable access to web GUI of RAID systems in private networks
RAIDGuard Central and its agents forward the transactions of web GUI access between a web browser and the RAID
systems located in a private network. You can use the web GUI for RAID system remote monitoring and full-function
management of a RAID system even if the local network of the RAID system uses virtual IP addresses.
• Instant event notification by MSN messages
IM (Instant Messaging) services have become an important part of communication because of its ease-of-use and
timeliness. RAIDGuard Central leverages the most popular IM service, Microsoft MSN, to deliver event information of
RAID systems to specified MSN accounts. This ensures that you get timely updates on the status of your RAID system.
• Smart discovery of RAID systems
RAIDGuard Central is the portal of your RAID system management. Instead of remembering the IP address of each
RAID system, you can use RAIDGuard Central to scan the networks to discover the RAID systems attached to the
networks. After RAIDGuard Central locates the RAID systems, you may access the web GUI of the RAID systems.
• Support multiple platforms
Based on Java and web technologies, RAIDGuard Central Server and its agents support the most popular operating
systems: Windows, Linux, and Mac. You may choose the most appropriate platforms to perform the RAID monitoring
and event consolidation tasks according to the environments. In addition, RAIDGuard Central provides web-based
GUI, which also enables you to check the status of RAID systems from any places where Internet connection is
available.
• Support multiple languages
RAIDGuard Central currently supports three languages: English, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese. The
default language will be automatically selected according to the default locale of the computers running RAIDGuard
Central, and you may also set the language manually. RAIDGuard Central allows adding more languages. Please
contact your RAID system supplier if you want to use other languages.