Portable Media Storage User Manual

RAIDBank5 Owner’s Manual

Chapter 4. RAID Manager Software

Introduction

The RAIDBank5 includes RAID Manager, a management utility for users to administrate one or

multiple RAIDBank5 RAID subsystems attached to the host computer. The RAIDBank5 Manager

provides a simple graphic user interface to create volumes, monitor hardware status, check event

logs, upgrade firmware, etc. This Chapter describes the menu and control structure for your

RAIDBank5 using the web interface. The RAIDBank5 configuration utility is firmware based and

its operation is independent of host computer type or operating system.

1. Installation

The RAIDBank RAID manager software is available on the CD that came with your RAIDBank5,

located under /raid manager. For Windows systems, navigate to /raid manager/windows on

the product CD and click on setup.exe. Follow the on screen instructions. For MacOS X

Systems, navigate to /raid manager/mac on the product CD, and copy the contained directory

to your /Applications directory on your system volume.

2. The User Interface

Context Pane

Function

Pane

Mode

Pane

Information Pane

The RAIDBank RAID Manager Interface is divided into 4 sections, or panes. The Pane functions

are dependent on operating mode, selected in the Mode Pane. The two operating modes are

“Basic” and “Advanced” modes. At the top right of the interface, the

button will toggle

muting the system buzzer, and the button will display application copyright information.

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