Compaq Infortrend Manual De Usuario
Infortrend
B-2
Auto-scan of replacement
drive upon manually
initiated rebuild
drive upon manually
initiated rebuild
Supported
One-step rebuild onto a
replacement drive
replacement drive
Supported
Immediate logical drive
availability
availability
Supported
Auto-rebuild onto failed
drive replacement
drive replacement
Supported. With no spare drive, the controller will
auto-scan the failed drive and starts rebuild
automatically once the failed drive has been replaced.
auto-scan the failed drive and starts rebuild
automatically once the failed drive has been replaced.
Background firmware
download
download
Firmware can be downloaded during active I/Os.
Administrators may find appropriate time to reset
controller later.
Administrators may find appropriate time to reset
controller later.
Auto recovery from logical
drive failure
drive failure
Supported. When user accidentally removed the
wrong drive to cause the 2
wrong drive to cause the 2
nd
drive failure of a one-
drive-failed RAID5 / RAID3 logical drive, fatal error may
occur. However, you may force the controller to
reaccept the logical drive by switching off the controller,
installing the drive back to its original drive slot, and
then power on the controller. The logical drive will be
restored to the one-drive-failed status.
occur. However, you may force the controller to
reaccept the logical drive by switching off the controller,
installing the drive back to its original drive slot, and
then power on the controller. The logical drive will be
restored to the one-drive-failed status.
Advanced Features:
Media Scan
Supported. Verify written data on drives to avoid bad
blocks from causing data inconsistency.
blocks from causing data inconsistency.
Transparent reset of hung
HDDs
HDDs
Supported
Auto cache flush on critical
conditions
conditions
When critical conditions occur, e.g., component failure,
or BBU under charge, cached data will be flushed and
the write policy will be changed to write-through mode.
or BBU under charge, cached data will be flushed and
the write policy will be changed to write-through mode.
Drive Low-level format
Supported
Drive Identification
Supported. Force the drive to light on the activity
indicator for user to recognize the correct drive.
indicator for user to recognize the correct drive.
Drive Information Listing
Supported. Drive vendor name, model number,
firmware revision, capacity (blocks), serial number,
narrow/wide and current sync. speed.
firmware revision, capacity (blocks), serial number,
narrow/wide and current sync. speed.
Drive Read/Write testing
Supported
Configuration on Disk
Supported. The logical drive information is recorded
on drive media. The logical drives can still be
accessed if using different Infortrend RAID
controllers/subsystems.
on drive media. The logical drives can still be
accessed if using different Infortrend RAID
controllers/subsystems.
Save/ Restore NVRAM to /
from Disks
from Disks
Supported. Save all the settings stored in the
controller NVRAM to the logical drive members
controller NVRAM to the logical drive members
Save / Restore NVRAM to /
from a file
from a file
Supported. Save all the settings stored in the
controller NVRAM to a file (via GUI manager) on user’s
computer.
controller NVRAM to a file (via GUI manager) on user’s
computer.