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This Product Manual describes how to setup, use, and maintain the Vess R2000 Series and Vess J2600
external disk array subsystems. The manual is organized into chapters as follows:
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“Introduction”onpage1,thischapterprovidesageneraloverviewoftheavailabledevicesintheVess
R2000SeriesandVessJ2600.
• “HardwareInstallation”onpage28describesthestepsnecessaryforinstallingsubsystemhardware
includinginstallingharddisksandplacingthedeviceintoaracksystem.
• “HardwareInstallation”onpage28describessettingupaserialconnectionandthebasicsofhowto
usethebuilt-incommand-lineinterface(CLI),thebuilt-incommand-lineutility(CLU),andtheembedded
Web-basedPromiseArrayManagement–Professional(WebPAMPROe)software.
• “WebPAMPROe-SystemConguration”onpage91providesamoredetaileddescriptionofthe
variousmenususedformanagingtheVessR2600andconnectedVessJ2600expansiondevices.
• “NASFunctionandManagement”onpage250-DescribeshowtosetupandmanagetheNAScapability
includingimportanthardwareconnectionconsiderations.
• “ManagingwiththeCLI”onpage298describesusingtheCLUandCLI(accesstotheCLUisdone
throughtheCLI)tomanagetheVessR2600throughthenetworkorviaserialconnection.
• “Maintenance”onpage530describeshowtoreplacehardwarecomponentsincludingRAIDcontrollers,
powersupplies,andcoolingunits;howtoupdatermwareforsubsystemsandphysicaldrives.
• “TechnologyBackground”onpage549providesadescriptionofthetechnologiesandconceptsthat
underlienetworkedRAIDstoragesystemsgenerallyandtheVessR2600andVessJ2600subsystemsin
particular.
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“Troubleshooting”onpage602describeswhattodoinresponsetospecicproblemsthatmightbe
encounteredoverthelifetimeoperationoftheVessR2600andVessJ2600subsystems.Includedinthe
chapteraredescriptionsofthevarioustypesofalertsandnoticesdeliveredthoughthemanagement
interfaces(WebPAMPROe,CLU,CLI)orhardware(LEDsandaudiblesignals).
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