Adaptec 5405 - Page 7

Contents ● 7
Starting and Logging In on the Local System.................................................. 27
Starting Adaptec Storage Manager on Remote Systems ................................. 31
Logging into Remote Systems from the Local System .................................... 32
Creating Logical Drives..................................................................................... 34
Managing Your Storage Space.......................................................................... 41
Part II: Monitoring and Modifying Your Storage Space
4 Exploring Adaptec Storage Manager
Working in Adaptec Storage Manager............................................................. 44
Overview of the Main Window........................................................................ 44
Revealing More Device Information................................................................ 49
Checking System Status from the Main Window ........................................... 50
Getting Help ...................................................................................................... 50
Logging Out of Adaptec Storage Manager....................................................... 51
Uninstalling Adaptec Storage Manager ........................................................... 51
5 Protecting Your Data
Creating and Managing Hot Spares................................................................. 54
Enabling Copyback ........................................................................................... 57
6 Modifying Your Direct Attached Storage
Understanding Logical Drives.......................................................................... 59
Creating and Modifying Logical Drives........................................................... 60
Fine-tuning Logical Drives ............................................................................... 63
Optimizing Logical Drive Performance........................................................... 66
Verifying Logical Drives ................................................................................... 67
Increasing the Capacity of a Logical Drive ...................................................... 69
Changing the RAID Level of a Logical Drive................................................... 70
Deleting a Logical Drive.................................................................................... 71
Creating a RAID Volume ................................................................................. 71
Creating a JBOD Disk....................................................................................... 73
Maintaining an Energy-Efficient Storage Space.............................................. 75
Configuring the MaxIQ Cache......................................................................... 78
7 Scheduling Recurring or Resource-Intensive Jobs
Scheduling a Task.............................................................................................. 81
Opening the Task Manager .............................................................................. 82
Monitoring Tasks.............................................................................................. 83
Modifying a Task............................................................................................... 84
Deleting a Task.................................................................................................. 84
Disabling the Task Manager............................................................................. 84