User manual
Table Of Contents
- RAIDXpert User Manual
- Contents
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Installation
- Chapter 3: Setup
- Chapter 4: RAIDXpert User Interface
- Chapter 5: Monitoring and Managing
- Logging into RAIDXpert
- Choosing a Language
- Logging out of RAIDXpert
- User Management
- Host Management
- Utility Configuration
- Controller
- Physical Drives
- Logical Drives
- Viewing Logical Drives
- Creating a Logical Drive
- Deleting a Logical Drive
- Viewing Logical Drive Information
- Making Logical Drive Settings
- Backing up a RAID Ready Logical Drive
- Migrating a Logical Drive
- Rebuilding a Logical Drive
- Synchronizing All Logical Drives
- Synchronizing One Logical Drive
- Initializing a Logical Drive
- Logical Drive Activation
- Managing a Critical or Offline Logical Drive
- Spare Drives
- Chapter 6: Technology Background
- Appendix A: Frequently Asked Questions
- Appendix B: Partition and Format

Chapter 4: RAIDXpert User Interface
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A Host PC’s RAID system is made up of:
• Administrative Tools – User and Host Management, and Utility
Configuration
• User Management – Create and Delete Users, Passwords, and
Permissions
• Host Management – Information on Host PCs
• Utility Configuration – Email settings and Event Frame refresh interval
• AMD RAIDXpert – Controller, Physical Drives, Logical Drives, and Spare
Drives
Controller – Priority settings, Status settings, Scheduled activities,
Lock
Physical Drive View – Information on attached physical drives,
Split/Merge function
Physical Drive – Information on a specific physical drive,
Cache setting, Media Patrol, Bad Sector Log (BSL) and
Drive Locator
Logical Drive View – Information on logical drives, Create and
Delete logical drives
Logical Drives – Information on logical drives, Cache
settings, Rebuild, and Synchronization functions
Spare Drive View – Physical drives assigned as global or
dedicated hot spares