Texas Memory Systems RamSan- 300 User Manual

 

 

 

Chapter 3  – Management Tool 

3.1   Front Panel Display 

The Front Panel Display provides a quick and easy way view the RamSan’s 

status.  It displays the current progress of disk synchronization and shows 
system warnings and failures.   

 
The RamSan’s front panel allows you to: 

•  Inspect the state of the system  

•  Change the method of IP address assignment  

•  Shutdown the system   

 
Figure 3-1 displays the RamSan-320’s front panel: 

 

 

 

Four buttons located to the left of the display are used to make selections:   

 

Menu The 

Menu button has two functions: 

•  Function 1:  

On any of the status or performance displays, pressing the 

“Menu” button launches the RamSan Main Menu. 

•  Function 2:  

Escape function.  Once the menu is open, pressing “Menu” 
returns the user to the prior screen. 

 

Select    When a menu item is on the display, pressing “Select” will 

either:  execute that menu option or proceed to the next layer 

in the menu.  If the menu is not selected, this button is 
disabled. 

 
↑  

The “↑” button scrolls up through the menu.  The “↑” button is 

also used cancel certain commands, as indicated on the display.  
If the menu is not selected, this button is disabled. 

 

RamSan-300/320/325 User’s Manual 

 

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