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Configuring your ROMB RAID solution with the RAID Web Console
■ RAID Registration Server is a module running on a RAID server that tracks RAID servers
on a network. It contains a database of the RAID servers that have registered with it
as RAID servers. RAID servers automatically register with the registration server once
the registration server’s IP address is entered into their RAID server regsrv.dat file.
Client system requirements
The client systems running Web Console must:
■ Run Windows XP, Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003, Linux, NetWare,
OpenServer, or UnixWare (The Windows version of the Web Console is included with
the server. Other versions of the Web Console must be downloaded from
support.gateway.com
.
■ Utilize a browser that supports Java scripting
■ Use a Pentium grade processor or higher CPU
■ Have at least 8 Mbytes of system memory
■ Have a network interface
■ Have at least 5 Mbytes of free hard disk drive space
■ Use the TCP/IP protocol
Quick configuration steps
This section provides quick installation steps for users that are familiar with RAID utilities
and tools. See “Configuring arrays and logical drives” on page 187 for detailed
configuration instructions.
The steps to configure arrays and logical drives using the Web Console are:
1 Boot the system.
2 Install the Java Runtime Environment (JRE).
3 Install Web Console.
4 Start Web Console.
5 Choose a configuration method.
6 Designate hot spare disks (optional).
7 Create arrays using the available physical drives.
8 Define the logical drive(s) using the space in the arrays.
9 Initialize the new logical drives.
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