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Chapter 1: Introduction to Pegasus
9
About this Manual
9
Architecture
10
Protocol Support
10
Key Benefits
10
Specifications
11
Client os Support
12
Utility os Support
12
Certifications
12
Chapter 2: Installation and Setup
13
Unpacking the Pegasus Unit
13
Connecting to Your Mac Computer
15
Daisy-Chaining Multiple Pegasus Units
16
Connecting the Power
17
Shutting down the Pegasus
17
Installing the Software
18
OS Support
18
Macbook Pro/Imac Software Update
18
Driver Installation: Macintosh
19
Software Installation: Macintosh
20
Setting up the Pegasus Unit
21
Opening the Promise Utility
21
Unlocking the UI
22
Displaying Multiple Pegasus Units
22
Creating a Disk Array and Logical Drive
23
Formatting Your Logical Drive
24
Chapter 3: Management with the Promise Utility
25
Accessing the Promise Utility
25
Opening
25
Closing
25
Unlocking the UI
26
Locking the UI
26
Perusing the Promise Utility Interface
27
Dropdown Menus
27
Toolbar Icons
28
Displaying Multiple Pegasus Units
28
Chapter 3: Management with the Promise Utility, Cont
29
Managing Subsystems
29
Viewing Subsystem Information
29
Making Subsystem Settings
29
Clearing Statistics
29
Restoring Factory Default Settings
30
Managing the RAID Controller
31
Viewing Controller Information
31
Viewing Controller Statistics
32
Making Controller Settings
33
Updating Firmware on the Pegasus Unit
33
Making Buzzer Settings
34
Testing the Buzzer
34
Silencing the Buzzer
34
Managing Subsystems
35
Viewing the Subsystem Information
35
Viewing Temperature Sensor Information
35
Locating a Subsystem
36
Managing Background Activities
37
Viewing Current Background Activities
37
Viewing Scheduled Background Activities
38
Adding a Scheduled Background Activity
38
Changing a Background Activity Schedule
39
Enabling or Disabling a Scheduled Background Activity
40
Deleting a Scheduled Background Activity
40
Media Patrol
40
Redundancy Check
41
Initialization
41
Rebuild
42
Migration
43
Pdm
43
Transition
44
Synchronization
45
Managing Physical Drives
46
Viewing a List of Physical Drives
46
Viewing Physical Drive Information
46
Viewing Physical Drive Statistics
48
Viewing Physical Drive SMART Log Information
48
Locating a Physical Drive
49
Making Global Physical Drive Settings
49
Making Individual Physical Drive Settings
50
Making Physical Drive SMART Log Settings
50
Clearing a Stale or a PFA Condition
51
Forcing a Physical Drive Offline
51
Running Media Patrol on Your Physical Drives
52
Managing Disk Arrays
53
Viewing a List of Disk Arrays
53
Viewing Disk Array Information
53
Creating a Disk Array Manually
54
Creating a Disk Array and Logical Drive with the Wizard
55
Making Disk Array Settings
61
Locating a Disk Array
61
Deleting a Disk Array
62
Preparing a Disk Array for Transport
62
Rebuilding a Disk Array
63
Managing Logical Drives
65
Viewing a List of Logical Drives
65
Viewing Logical Drive Information
66
Viewing Logical Drive Statistics
67
Making Logical Drive Settings
67
Viewing Logical Drive Check Tables
68
Creating a Logical Drive Manually
69
Formatting Your Logical Drives
70
Locating a Logical Drive
70
Deleting a Logical Drive
71
Initializing a Logical Drive
71
Redundancy Check on a Logical Drive
72
Migrating a Logical Drive
73
Running PDM on a Logical Drive
74
Managing Spare Drives
76
Viewing a List of Spare Drives
76
Viewing Spare Drive Information
76
Creating a Spare Drive Manually
77
Making Spare Drive Settings
78
Running Spare Check
78
Deleting a Spare Drive
79
Running a Transition on a Spare Drive
79
Chapter 4: Technology Background
81
Disk Arrays
81
Media Patrol
81
Pdm
81
Logical Drives
83
RAID Levels
83
RAID Level Migration
92
Stripe Size
96
Sector Size
96
Initialization
97
Formatting Logical Drives
98
Promise Utility with Default Settings
98
Promise Utility with Custom Settings
98
Disk Utility
99
Spare Drives
100
Definition
100
Options
100
Requirements
100
Transition
101
RAID Controllers
106
Cache Policy
106
Capacity Coercion
106
Chapter 5: Troubleshooting
109
Responding to an Audible Alarm
109
Checking Leds
109
Subsystem Leds
110
Drive Carrier Leds
111
Promise Utility
112
Viewing the Event Logs
112
Viewing Runtime Events
112
Viewing NVRAM Events
112
Event Severity Descriptions
113
Physical Drive Problems
114
Diagnosis Using the Promise Utility
114
Locating a Physical Drive
115
Replacing a Physical Drive
115
Physical Drive Warning Message
117
Disk Array and Logical Drive Problems
118
Disk Array Degraded/Logical Drive Critical
118
Disk Array Offline/Logical Drive Offline
119
Repairing an Offline Disk Array or Logical Drive
119
Rebuilding a Disk Array
120
Incomplete Array
120
Unreadable Disk Warning
122
Subsystem Problems
123
Diagnosing a Subsystem Problem
123
Overheating
124
Power Supply
125
Connection Problems
126
Cables
126
Daisy-Chains
127
Chapter 6: Support
129
Contacting Technical Support
129
Limited Warranty
135
Returning Product for Repair
137
Appendix A: Updates
139
Updating the Firmware
139
Updating Drivers
141
Updating the Software
142
Appendix B: Important Information
143
GNU General Public License
143
Index
145
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Pegasus R6
Category
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Language
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