User manual
Table Of Contents
- SuperTrak User Manual
- Contents
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Installation
- Unpacking the SuperTrak Card
- Installing the SuperTrak Card
- Choosing the Physical Drives
- Creating a Logical Drive
- Installing the CLI
- Installing WebPAM PRO
- Logging into WebPAM PRO
- Setting up WebPAM PRO
- Chapter 3: Installing Drivers
- Chapter 4: SuperBuild™ Utility
- Chapter 5: Management with WebPAM PRO
- Logging into WebPAM PRO
- Accessing the Interface
- Managing Users
- Working with Subsystem/Host Management
- Managing Software Services
- Managing the Host
- Managing the Subsystem
- Viewing Subsystem Information
- Clearing Statistical Data
- Setting an Alias for the Subsystem
- Updating the Firmware
- Checking Subsystem Health
- Viewing the Runtime Event Log
- Saving the Runtime Event Log
- Clearing the Runtime Event Log
- Viewing the NVRAM Event Log
- Saving the NVRAM Event Log
- Clearing the NVRAM Event Log
- Viewing Current Background Activities
- Making Background Activity Settings
- Running Background Activities
- Running Media Patrol
- Running PDM
- Viewing Scheduled Activities
- Scheduling an Activity
- Deleting a Scheduled Activity
- Viewing System Configuration
- Managing the Controller
- Managing Enclosures
- Managing Physical Drives
- Viewing a List of Physical Drives
- Locating a Physical Drive
- Making Global Physical Drive Settings
- Viewing Physical Drive Information
- Viewing Physical Drive Statistics
- Making Physical Drive Settings
- Clearing Stale and PFA Conditions
- Viewing the SMART Log
- Viewing Advanced SMART Log Information
- Saving Advanced SMART Log Information
- Making SMART Log Settings
- Managing Disk Arrays
- Viewing Disk Arrays
- Locating a Disk Array
- Creating a Disk Array
- Creating a Disk Array - Automatic Configuration
- Creating a Disk Array - Express Configuration
- Creating a Disk Array - Advanced Configuration
- Deleting a Disk Array
- Viewing Disk Array Information
- Making Disk Array Settings
- Creating a Logical Drive
- Deleting a Logical Drive
- Migrating a Disk Array
- Rebuilding a Disk Array
- Running Media Patrol on a Disk Array
- Running PDM on a Disk Array
- Transitioning a Disk Array
- Preparing a Disk Array for Transport
- Managing Logical Drives
- Managing Spare Drives
- Working with the Logical Drive Summary
- Chapter 6: Management with the CLI
- Opening the CLI on Windows
- Opening the CLI on Linux, FreeBSD, and VMware
- Table of Supported Commands
- Notes and Conventions
- List of Supported Commands
- Chapter 7: Technology Background
- Chapter 8: Troubleshooting
- Chapter 9: Support
- Appendix A: Partition and Format
- Appendix B: Upgrades
- Appendix C: Battery Backup Unit
- Appendix D: LED Backplane Connections
- Index

Chapter 5: Management with WebPAM PRO
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For more information, see “Capacity Coercion” on page 246.
• Enter a time interval (1 to 12 seconds) in the Write Back Cache Flush
Interval field.
• Enter a time interval (15 to 255 seconds) in the Enclosure Polling
Interval field.
This is the time interval in which the controller polls all of the
components in the enclosure.
• Check the box to enable Adaptive Writeback Cache
• Check the box to enable Forced Read Ahead Cache
For more information, see “Choosing Cache Policy” on page 245.
6. Click the Submit button.
The changes take effect immediately.
Clearing an Orphan Watermark
An Orphan Watermark condition is the result of a disk drive failure during an
NVRAM RAID level migration on a disk array. The Clear tab remains grayed out
unless this condition is present.
To clear an orphan watermark:
1. Click the Subsystem icon in Tree View.
2. Click the Controllers icon.
3. Click the Controller icon.
4. Click the Clear tab in Management View.
5. Click the Submit button.
The change takes effect immediately.
Viewing Battery Information
The RAID controller’s cache backup battery protects data in the cache for up to
72 hours in the event of a power failure.
To view battery information:
1. Click the Subsystem icon in Tree View.
2. Click the Controllers icon.
3. Click the Controller icon.
4. Click the Battery tab in Management View.
In normal operation, the operational status of the battery shows Fully Charged
with a Reserve Capacity of 100%. If the battery is constantly recharging, its