User Manual
Table Of Contents
- ROMB User Manual
- Contents
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Installation
- Chapter 3: Installing Drivers
- Chapter 4: RAID Management Utility
- Chapter 5: WebPAM
- Logging into WebPAM
- Logging out of WebPAM
- Managing Users
- Viewing Host Management
- Making Utility Configuration Settings
- Managing the Controller
- Managing Physical Drives
- Managing Logical Drives
- Viewing All Logical Drives
- Creating a Logical Drive
- Creating a JBOD Disk
- Deleting a Logical Drive or JBOD Disk
- Viewing Logical Drive Information
- Making Logical Drive Settings
- Migrating a Logical Drive
- Rebuilding a Logical Drive
- Synchronizing a Logical Drive
- Viewing Logical Drive Initialization
- Activating a Logical Drive
- Responding to a Critical or Offline Logical Drive
- Managing Spare Drives
- Chapter 6: Technology
- Chapter 7: Support
- Appendix A: Partition and Format
- Appendix B: Upgrades
- Index
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I already have a logical drive on an older RAID controller. Can I move the
physical drives to my new ROMB system?
Yes, provided your logical drive was built using SATA physical drives on a
Promise controller. All Promise controllers read the physical drives the same
way so you can move them from one controller to another.
Can I take a physical drive used in a ROMB logical drive and access it
directly with a different controller, such as the one integrated on the
motherboard?
Only Single-drive RAID 0 and RAID 1 logical drive configurations allow a
physical drive to be accessed individually on another controller. Multiple-
drive RAID 0 physical drives will not work.
If I have a problem with one of the physical drives on the ROMB Controller,
how can I low-level format it to correct the problem?
Do NOT do this. Low-level formatting is unnecessary and generally does not
correct problems commonly experienced. If you think the physical drive is
faulty, run the drive manufacturer’s diagnostic utility on it.
Errors such as bad sectors or ECC/CRC failure are best remedied by
replacing the physical drive. For this reason, do NOT low-level format the
drives attached to the ROMB controller.
Do I have to install disk management software on my logical in order to
access the full storage capacity?
No! Disk management software will only complicate things. The logical drive
should be fully addressable by your OS as it is.
How do I partition and format my ROMB logical drive?
You can partition and format your logical drive using any file system you
want. See “Appendix A: Partition and Format” on page 123.
Critical logical drive status error reported during boot