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Contents
1 About Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Enclosure Features
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Modular Disk Storage Manager
. . . . . . . . . . 11
Other Information You May Need . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Connection Components
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
About the Enclosure Connections
. . . . . . . . . . . 12
Hardware Features
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Indicators on the Enclosure Bezel
. . . . . . . . . 13
Front-Panel Indicators and Features
. . . . . . . 14
Back-Panel Indicators and Features
. . . . . . . 18
RAID Controller Modules
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Cache Functions and Features
. . . . . . . . . . . 24
Power Supply and Cooling Fan Features
. . . . . 24
2 Using Your RAID Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Physical Disks, Virtual Disks, and Disk Groups . . . . 27
Physical Disks
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Physical Disk States
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting
Technology (SMART)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Virtual Disks and Disk Groups
. . . . . . . . . . . 30