System information

Introduction
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• Support password reminding email
• Time management by RTC and Network Time Protocol (NTP) with DST
• Support controller firmware upgrade (boot code and system code)
• Support dual flash chips for protecting and recovering system code
• Support object naming and creation-time logging
1.3 How to Use This Manual
This manual is organized into the following chapters:
• Chapter 1 (Introduction) provides a feature overview of the RAID system, and some basic guidelines for managing the
RAID system.
• Chapter 2 (Using the RAID GUI) describes how to use the embedded GUI for monitoring and configurations with
information helping you to understand and utilize the features.
• Chapter 3 (Using the LCD Console) presents the operations of LCD console, which helps you to quickly get
summarized status of the RAID system and complete RAID setup using pre-defined configurations.
• Chapter 4 (Using the CLI Commands) tabulates all the CLI commands without much explanation. Because there is no
difference in functions or definitions of parameters between GUI and CLI, you can study the GUI chapter to know how
a CLI command works.
• Chapter 5 (Advanced Functions) provides in-depth information about the advanced functions of the RAID system to
enrich your knowledge and elaborate your management tasks.
• Chapter 6 (TroubleShooting) provides extensive information about how you can help yourself when encoutering any
troubles.
• Appendices describe supporting information for your references.
If you are an experienced user, you may quickly go through the key features to know the capabilities of the RAID system,
and then read only the chapters for the user interfaces you need. Because this RAID system is designed to follow the
commonly-seen conventions in the industry, you will feel comfortable when dealing with the setup and maintenance
tasks. However, there are unique features offered only by the RAID system, and the RAID systems may be shipped with
new features. Fully understanding these features will help you do a better job.
If you are not familiar with RAID systems, you are advised to read all the chapters to know not only how to use this RAID
system but also useful information about the technologies and best practices. A better starting point for your
management tasks is to get familiar with the GUI because of its online help and structured menu and web pages. You
also need to know the LCD console because it is the best way for you to have a quick view of the system’s health
conditions. If you live in an UNIX world, you probably like to use the CLI to get things done more quickly.
To avoid having an ill-configured RAID system, please pay attentions to the warning messages and tips in the manual
and the GUI. If you find mismatch between the manual and your RAID system, or if you are unsure of anything, please
contact your suppliers.
Note
The features may differ for different RAID system models and firmware version. You may need to
contact your RAID system supplier to get the updates.