Installation guide

Navigating Global Array Manager Client or Workstation Array Manager
3-12 GAM Client v3.00 and WSAM User’s Manual
• RAID Assist: Mylex’s built-in RAID Controller configuration utility.
Facilitates configuration tasks using either one-step “automatic”
configuration, a configuration “wizard” assistant, or a manual
(advanced-level) configuration option allowing more control over
configuration parameters.
• Initialize Logical Drives: Offers the ability to run a full initialization
of logical drives at a time of your choice, NOT just immediately
following a new configuration. If it’s inconvenient to follow a
configuration immediately with a logical drive initialization, you can
decline the initialization and use this menu item to start the process at a
later time.
• Controller Information: Displays key information about the
currently-selected controller.
• Enclosure Information: Displays SES and SAF-TE Enclosure
Management information for Mylex External Fibre Channel
Controllers such as the DAC960FF.
• Controller Options: Sets various parameters for the selected Disk
Array Controller or SCSI HBA. Unlike Controller Information, user
definable controller parameters are modified in Controller Options.
• Physical Device Options: Displays a list of all physical devices
connected on the currently-selected controller and allows the user to
change transfer speed, transfer width, and/or tag value for individual
devices.
• Intelligent BBU: (Only enabled if the selected controller has an
Intelligent Battery Backup Unit installed) Displays a dialog box from
which you can do the following:
• Monitor the power remaining in the Intelligent BBU
• Request reconditioning of the Intelligent BBU (External Controller
BBUs, BBM for AcceleRAID 352, and BBM/BDIMM for
eXtremeRAID 2000 and eXtremeRAID 3000)
• Set the low power threshold
The Intelligent BBU’s features and functionality are described in detail
elsewhere. GAM/WSAM simply offer a way of keeping up-to-date as
to the condition and charge in the battery.