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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Automatically using a Free Drive
Automatic rebuilding using a free (unassigned) physical drive is possible under
the following conditions:
• The logical drive is a RAID 1 or a three-drive RAID 5.
See “Creating a Logical Drive” on page 70.
• There is a free (unassigned) physical drive with adequate capacity.
• Automatic Rebuild Status is Enabled.
See “Making Controller Settings” on page 59.
• Automatic Rebuild Policy is set to Free & Spare.
See “Making Controller Settings” on page 59.
WebPAM will report the automatic rebuild in its user interface, as well as via
popup messages, and via email, depending on your settings (see page 51).
You can replace the failed physical drive at your convenience.
Synchronizing a Logical Drive
Synchronization refers to an automated process of checking and correcting data
and parity. Unlike a Rebuild, Synchronization is a maintenance operation.
Redundancy Check is an automated process of checking data and parity but it
only reports and does not correct, any inconsistencies that it finds.
Synchronization and Redundancy Check apply to RAID 1, 5, and 10 logical
drives. When a logical drive is first created and you choose Full Initialization, the
same action as Synchronization takes place.
You can set up a Synchronization or Redundancy Check to:
• Begin immediately (on demand).
• Begin at the time and date you specify. See page 87.
On Demand
To Synchronize or Redundancy Check a logical drive:
1. Click the Logical Drive View icon in Tree View.
2. Click the Logical Drive icon of the logical drive you want to synchronize.
3. Click the Synchronization tab in Management View.