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VessRAID Setup - Promise Technology, Inc.

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Contents<br />

Chapter 6: Management with the LCD Panel, cont.<br />

Managing Spare Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228<br />

Viewing Spare Drive Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228<br />

Creating a Spare Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228<br />

Deleting a Spare Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229<br />

Locating a Spare Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229<br />

Chapter 7: Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231<br />

Updating the Firmware in WebPAM PROe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231<br />

Downloading the Firmware Image File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231<br />

Updating Firmware from TFTP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231<br />

Updating Firmware from your PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232<br />

Restarting the Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233<br />

Updating the Firmware in the CLU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234<br />

Downloading the Firmware Image File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234<br />

Updating the Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234<br />

Restarting Subsystem over a Telnet Connection . . . . . . . . . .235<br />

Restarting Subsystem over a Serial Connection . . . . . . . . . .235<br />

Replacing a Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .236<br />

<strong>VessRAID</strong> 1700i Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .236<br />

<strong>VessRAID</strong> 1800i Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .236<br />

Replacing a RAID Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237<br />

Removing the old controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237<br />

Installing the new controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237<br />

Replacing a Cooling Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .238<br />

Replacing the Cache Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .240<br />

Replacing the Memory Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .242<br />

Chapter 8: <strong>Technology</strong> Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245<br />

Introduction to RAID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245<br />

RAID 0 – Stripe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246<br />

RAID 1 – Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .247<br />

RAID 1E – Enhanced Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248<br />

RAID 5 – Block and Parity Stripe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249<br />

RAID 6 – Block and Double Parity Stripe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250<br />

RAID 10 – Mirror / Stripe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251<br />

RAID 50 – Striping of Distributed Parity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .252<br />

RAID 60 – Striping of Double Parity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .254

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