Serve
RAID
TM
Manager
Table of Contents
Copyright and trademarks
Introducing the ServeRAID Manager
What's new in the ServeRAID Manager 4.0
Using the ServeRAID Manager's interface
Basic steps for configuring the ServeRAID controller
Finding information on the World Wide Web
IBM Netfinity ServeRAID books
What are RAID levels?
Understanding RAID technology
Understanding stripe-unit size
RAID_level-0
RAID_level-1
RAID_level-1 Enhanced
RAID_level-5
RAID_level-5 Enhanced
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Selecting a RAID level
Selecting the RAID level by array capacity
Reviewing managed system information
Reviewing a system's information
Working with a system and its subsystems
Adding a remote system
Removing a remote system
Configuring a controller
Choosing between Express and Custom configuration modes
Adding or removing physical drives in an existing array
Scanning for new or removed drives
Configuring for clustering
Validating clusters
Setting user preferences
Changing the initialization settings
Specifying remote access settings
Changing the alarm settings
Using the Notification Manager
Understanding the Notification Manager
Adding a system
Modifying a system
Deleting a system
Using the Security Manager
Understanding the Security Manager
Adding a user
Modifying a user
Deleting a user
Using the SNMP Trap Manager
Understanding the SNMP Trap Manager
Adding a system
Modifying a system
Deleting a system
Recognizing the Main Tree icons
Configuring physical drives
Understanding creating arrays
Hard disk drive capacity and unusable space
A sample configuration
Creating arrays with physical drives
Creating spanned arrays
Working with a controller and arrays
Recognizing the custom configuration physical drive icons
Configuring logical drives
Understanding configuring logical drives
Selecting the RAID level by array capacity
Selecting the logical drive size
Logical drive examples
Creating logical drives
Recognizing the Custom configuration logical drive icons
Reviewing the configuration summary
Confirming your system configuration
Recognizing the Main Tree icons
Migrating logical drives
Adding or removing physical drives and migrating logical drives
Changing the array's RAID level
Increasing the array's free space
Increasing the logical drive space in the array
Understanding stripe-unit size
Adding physical drives to an array
The Main Tree icons and actions
The Configuration Tree icons and actions
Recognizing the Custom configuration physical drive icons
Reviewing the logical drive migration configuration summary
Confirming your logical drive migration configuration
Configuring for clustering
Configuring the ServeRAID controller for clustering
Copying the configuration from drives
Viewing shared drives
Validating clusters
Failing from the active to the passive controller
Understanding unattended mode
Performance tuning your system
Selecting a RAID level
Application environment groups and performance tuning
Understanding write-back and write-through modes
Understanding stripe-unit size
Understanding read-ahead cache mode
Glossary
Logical drive states
Physical drive states
Index