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
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Viewing Logical Drive Information
Logical Drive View provides a list of all logical drives currently on the Host PC.
To access Logical Drive View:
1. Click Logical Drive View in Tree View.
2. Click the Logical Drive you want to view.
From this screen, you can click the links to access the Settings, Migration,
Rebuild, Synchronization, Initialization, and Activation features. The features that
apply to this logical drive have green tabs. Features that do not apply have
blackened tabs.
Making Logical Drive Settings
Logical Drive Settings enables you to change the name of a logical drive.
To access logical drive settings:
1. Click Logical Drive View in Tree View.
2. Click the Logical Drive whose name you want to change.
3. Click the Settings tab in Management View.
4. Enter a name in the Assigned Name field.
5. Click the Submit button.
Backing up a RAID Ready Logical Drive
This feature is only supported by Windows. To use RAID Ready Backup, you
must include it during RAIDXpert installation. See “Windows with RAID Ready
Backup” on page 5 and “RAID Ready – Single Drive” on page 99 for more
information.
RAID Ready Backup enables you to create and maintain a mirror of your RAID
Ready logical drive. The two drives appear to your system as a single RAID 1
logical drive.