Installing PeerMaster Software for Novell NetWare ...... 36
Installing Device Drivers for SCO Open Server ......... 36
Using NetFinity with Your PeerMaster Adapter ........ 61
Arranging Your Workspace ...................... 69
Comfort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Glare and Lighting .......................... 70
Air Circulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Electrical Outlets and Cable Lengths ............... 71
Installation Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Chapter 3. Configuring the Disk Array .............. 75
Before You Begin ............................ 76
Device Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Administration and Monitoring Utilities .............. 77
Monitoring the Adapter Status in a Local System ....... 78
Monitoring Adapter Status from a Remote System ...... 78
RAID Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Hard Disk Drive Capacities .................... 79
Additional Storage Capacity .................... 80
The ServeRAID Configuration Program Screens ........ 80
Starting the ServeRAID Configuration Program .......... 83
The ServeRAID Adapter Main Menu ............... 84
Viewing the ServeRAID Configuration ............... 87
Performing Common Tasks ...................... 88
Creating a Disk Array ........................ 88
Defining Logical Drives ....................... 90
Defining a Hot-Spare Drive .................... 95
Deleting a Disk Array ........................ 96
Deleting a Logical Drive ...................... 98
Redefining Space in an Array ................... 99
Drive Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Obtaining Drive Status ...................... 101
Defining the State of a Drive ................... 105
Results of a Hard Disk Drive Failure .............. 107
Logical and Hard Disk Drive Status Indications ....... 108
Replacing a Faulty Drive ..................... 109
Rebuilding a Logical Drive .................... 112
Resetting the Adapter Configuration ................ 114
Viewing Configuration Changes ................. 116
Synchronizing the Adapter Configuration ........... 117
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