User`s guide

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User’s Guide
The PAM Web–based administration and maintenance tools give you immediate insight into
system status and configuration. You will use PAM software to operate, monitor, and
configure your Bull NovaScale Server.
As soon as your system is connected to the power supply, the PAP unit running Microsoft
Windows 2000 Server and PAM software also powers up.
For further information about connecting to PAM, see Connecting to the PAM Web Site, on
page 2-2.
PAP Unit Mirroring and Failover Policy
Most configuration, administration, and maintenance activities are carried out from the PAP
unit. To ensure a high level of data integrity and availability, the PAP unit is equipped with
two extractable mirrored disks. Mirroring writes and updates data across both disks,
creating a single logical volume with completely redundant information on each disk. If one
disk fails, it can be replaced without losing data.