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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Chapter 5: WebPAM, cont.
Managing Logical Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Viewing All Logical Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Creating a Logical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Creating a JBOD Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
Deleting a Logical Drive or JBOD Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
Viewing Logical Drive Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
Making Logical Drive Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Migrating a Logical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Rebuilding a Logical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
Synchronizing a Logical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
Viewing Logical Drive Initialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
Activating a Logical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
Responding to a Critical or Offline Logical Drive . . . . . . . . . . .91
Managing Spare Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
Viewing Spare Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
Creating a Spare Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
Deleting a Spare Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
Chapter 6: Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97
Introduction to RAID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97
RAID 0 – Stripe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98
RAID 1 – Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
RAID 5 – Block Striping with Distributed Parity . . . . . . . . . . . .100
RAID 10 – Stripe / Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
JBOD – Single Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
SPAN – Concatenated Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Choosing a RAID Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
RAID 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
RAID 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
RAID 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
RAID 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
JBOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
SPAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Other Logical Drive Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Stripe Block Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Initialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Gigabyte Boundary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Hot Spare Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107