User Guide

53987 Rev. 3.01 June 2016
AMD-RAIDXpert2 User Guide
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Contents
Revision History ............................................................................................................................. 11
Chapter 1 Safety Precautions .................................................................................................. 14
1.1 General ............................................................................................................................. 14
1.2 Safety Definitions ............................................................................................................ 14
1.3 Caution Messages ............................................................................................................ 14
1.3.1 Caution Messages About Disks ............................................................................... 14
1.3.2 Caution Messages About Arrays ............................................................................. 14
Chapter 2 Getting Started ....................................................................................................... 16
2.1 RAIDXpert2 Technology ................................................................................................ 16
2.2 Who Should Use This Manual ......................................................................................... 16
2.3 System Requirements for Using RAIDXpert2 ................................................................ 16
2.3.1 Supported Controllers .............................................................................................. 16
2.3.2 Supported Operating Systems .................................................................................. 17
2.4 Features of RAIDXpert2 .................................................................................................. 17
2.5 RAIDXpert2 Feature Set ................................................................................................. 20
Chapter 3 Arrays, Disks and RAID Levels ............................................................................ 24
3.1 Understanding Arrays ...................................................................................................... 24
3.2 RAID Levels .................................................................................................................... 24
3.3 Array States ...................................................................................................................... 25
3.4 Creating Arrays: Future Expansion ................................................................................. 27
3.5 Expanding Disk Capacity Online: Using OCE (Supported by RAIDXpert2 Plus) ......... 27
3.6 Migrating RAID Levels Online: Using ORLM (Supported by RAIDXpert2 Plus) ........ 28
3.7 Array Tasks: Starting and Stopping Tasks ...................................................................... 28
3.8 Understanding Disks ........................................................................................................ 29
3.8.1 Disks States .............................................................................................................. 29
3.9 Rescanning Disks for Changes in State ........................................................................... 30
3.10 Sparing Options: Disks and Arrays ................................................................................. 31
3.11 Dedicated Sparing ............................................................................................................ 31
3.12 Global Sparing ................................................................................................................. 32
3.13 RAID Performance Considerations ................................................................................. 32