User Manual

8 Introduction
Kingst on Technology Company RemotaSilo User’s Guide - Rev. B00
System Features
The DS500 RemotaSilo chassis connects to a host PC computer using
the asynchronous serial cable (provided). The RemotaSilo software can
run under Windows 95
®
or Windows NT
®
, and offers the following
system features:
Set Chassis Temperature Alarm Levels
Set System Manager’s Pager, Fax, and E-mail Numbers
View Chassis Configuration
Drive Bay Number Assignments
Temperature Alarm Settings
System Manager Information
View Chassis Environmental Specifications
View +12V and +5V voltage levels output from each
Installed power supply
View +12V and +5V voltage levels for the installed drives
View ambient temperature
(within 1° accuracy between 0° C and 55° C)
View Chassis Alarm Logs
Detects +12V out of range ± 5%
Detects +5V out of range ± 5%
Detects excessive ambient temperature levels
Detects operating status of installed fan(s)
Switch to RAID utility programs provided by the RAID controller
View and modify RAID configuration
View RAID controller alarm logs which detect operating status
of installed drives via RAID controller
Supports SES (SCSI-3 Enclosure Services) and SAF-TE (SCSI
Accessed Fault Tolerance Enclosures) protocols
Supports SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) (Windows
NT required for SNMP interface)
Local host to remote host terminal control transfer (requires
Windows’ built-in Dial-up Networking utility, or third-party software
such as Norton
®
pcANYWHERE) .