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5.6.7 RAID System Registration .............................................................................................5-67
5.6.8 RAID System Monitoring ............................................................................................... 5-71
5.6.9 Configuring MSN Event Notification .............................................................................. 5-72
5.7 VDS Provider .........................................................................................................................5-73
5.7.1 Overview ........................................................................................................................ 5-73
5.7.2 Installing the VDS Provider ............................................................................................ 5-74
5.7.3 Uninstalling the VDS Provider ....................................................................................... 5-74
5.7.4 Using the VDS Provider Configuration Utility ................................................................. 5-74
5.7.5 VDS-Based RAID Management Software ..................................................................... 5-76
Chapter 6: Troubleshooting
6.1 General Guidelines ..................................................................................................................6-1
6.2 Beeper .....................................................................................................................................6-1
6.3 Performance Tuning ................................................................................................................ 6-2
6.4 Hard Disks ............................................................................................................................... 6-5
6.5 User Interfaces ......................................................................................................................... 6-7
6.6 RAID Configuration and Maintenance ..................................................................................... 6-8
6.7 Redundant Controller and MPIO ............................................................................................ 6-10
Appendix A: Understanding RAID
A.1 RAID Overview ........................................................................................................................A-1
A.2 RAID 0 .....................................................................................................................................A-3
A.3 RAID 1 .....................................................................................................................................A-4
A.4 RAID 3 .....................................................................................................................................A-5
A.5 RAID 5 .....................................................................................................................................A-6
A.6 RAID 6 .....................................................................................................................................A-7
A.7 RAID 10 ...................................................................................................................................A-8
A.8 RAID 30 ...................................................................................................................................A-9
A.9 RAID 50 .................................................................................................................................A-10
A.10 RAID 60 ...............................................................................................................................A-11
A.11 JBOD ...................................................................................................................................A-12
A.12 NRAID .................................................................................................................................A-13
Appendix B: Features and Benefits
B.1 Overview ..................................................................................................................................B-1
B.2 Flexible Storage Presentation .................................................................................................B-1
B.3 Flexible Storage Provisioning ..................................................................................................B-2
B.4 Comprehensive RAID Configurations ......................................................................................B-3
B.5 Dynamic Configuration Migration ............................................................................................B-4
B.6 Effective Capacity Management ..............................................................................................B-5
B.7 Adaptive Performance Optimization ........................................................................................B-6
B.8 Proactive Data Protection ........................................................................................................B-8
B.9 Fortified Reliability and Robustness ........................................................................................B-9
B.10 Vigilant System Monitoring ..................................................................................................B-11
B.11 Convenient Task Management ............................................................................................B-12
B.12 Extensive Supportive Tools .................................................................................................B-13
B.13 Easy-To-Use User Interfaces ..............................................................................................B-14
Appendix C: Boot Utility
C.1 (N) Set IP address .................................................................................................................. C-2
C.2 (L) Load Image by TFTP ........................................................................................................ C-3
C.3 (B) Update Boot ROM ............................................................................................................ C-4