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Promise Technology VessRAID 1720i User Manual

Promise Technology VessRAID 1720i
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Contents
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Chapter 6: Management with the LCD Panel, cont.
Managing Spare Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228
Viewing Spare Drive Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228
Creating a Spare Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228
Deleting a Spare Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229
Locating a Spare Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229
Chapter 7: Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231
Updating the Firmware in WebPAM PROe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231
Downloading the Firmware Image File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231
Updating Firmware from TFTP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231
Updating Firmware from your PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232
Restarting the Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233
Updating the Firmware in the CLU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234
Downloading the Firmware Image File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234
Updating the Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234
Restarting Subsystem over a Telnet Connection . . . . . . . . . .235
Restarting Subsystem over a Serial Connection . . . . . . . . . .235
Replacing a Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .236
VessRAID 1700i Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .236
VessRAID 1800i Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .236
Replacing a RAID Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237
Removing the old controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237
Installing the new controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237
Replacing a Cooling Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .238
Replacing the Cache Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .240
Replacing the Memory Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .242
Chapter 8: Technology Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245
Introduction to RAID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245
RAID 0 – Stripe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246
RAID 1 – Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .247
RAID 1E – Enhanced Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248
RAID 5 – Block and Parity Stripe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249
RAID 6 – Block and Double Parity Stripe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250
RAID 10 – Mirror / Stripe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251
RAID 50 – Striping of Distributed Parity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .252
RAID 60 – Striping of Double Parity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .254

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Promise Technology VessRAID 1720i Specifications

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BrandPromise Technology
ModelVessRAID 1720i
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