RAIDWatch® Manager (Version 2.X)
Effortless RAID Management
RAIDWatch Manager is a tailored, full-featured, cross-platform, RAID management software program that provides a user-friendly interface, which graphically represents disk array elements and simplifies the normally complicated process of array configuration. RAIDWatch Manager can run locally on different platforms and is specifically designed for use in managing Infortrend's EonStor® line of RAID subsystems or disk array systems using EonStor RAID heads.
Highlights
- Effortless graphical user interface
- Enclosure-oriented view of disk drives
- Runs under a variety of platforms
- Supports full-featured RAID configurations
- Communicates with the controllers over a LAN, the Internet, and over SCSI,
iSCSI or Fibre channels - Worldwide remote management over the network
- Centralized management of multiple RAID subsystems
- Real time reports for failed components on the screen
- Supports instant event logs
- Filtering and exporting event logs via text files
- Online help in multiple languages (currently English and Japanese)
- User-configurable event notification functions
- Statistic window dedicated to cache hits and sustained read/write performance
Centralized Management
RAIDWatch simplifies the complicated process of array configuration, giving system integrators many convenient management options. The software gives system administrators fingertip control to instantly deploy, configure, manage, and monitor multiple storage subsystems from local or remote locations.Its “Install Once, Run Anywhere” convenience saves time and ensures continuous operation. With Internet support, an operation center in Seattle can manage a company's multiple RAID systems located in San Francisco, Hong Kong, and London, all from a single desktop.
Enclosure View
The RAIDWatch Enclosure View is a specialized graphic customization that shows a direct representation of an Infortrend EonStor subsystem or an EonRAID controller head in various enclosure view panels of the RAIDWatch screen. The image is an accurate illustration of the physical device and can be customized to match the look of the drive tray. When the mouse cursor is placed over any active component or lit LED, a message appears showing the status of the respective component. Failed components are easily seen as they are usually marked with a red LED, indicating a failed component.
Multi-Language Support
RAIDWatch is a useful RAID management tool that is used worldwide. It is currently available in English and Japanese; support for other languages is under development. The language display can be easily changed using the language selection on the program menu bar. As soon as a language is selected, the GUI interface, wizards, and online help will display in the chosen language.
Configuration Client
RAIDWatch supports a variety of event notification options by setting up Configuration Client, a sub-module of the RAIDWatch software. With Configuration Client, system managers can effectively monitor the system while working on other tasks.
Events are classified into three severity levels: notifications, warnings, and alerts. Many notification methods are available: email, fax, ICQ, MSN Messenger, SMS short message, LAN broadcast, and SNMP traps. To guarantee users will be notified of events under any circumstances, the notification utility can be installed redundantly on two different computers.
Advanced Firmware Functionality
RAIDWatch supports the latest firmware with Smart Technologies that features extremely compact protocol and rich varieties of algorithms to deal with the stringent requirements of storage applications. Accumulated from Infortrend's years experience dedicated on firmware development, the firmware is especially designed for I/O processing, drive handling and system management.
System Requirements
RAID Manager Running on the Host (Server Side)
- Host must be Pentium or above PC-compatible running Windows 2000/2003/2003-64bit, Red Hat 8/9, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0/4.0, SUSE LINUX 8.1/9.1, SUSE Linux 9, Fedora Linux 3, Sun Solaris 8/9, and Mac OS X, that support Java Runtime 1.4.2 or higher. (Applet mode is not supported in the Linux 64bit platforms)
RAID Manager Running on Remote Station (Client Side)
- Host must be Pentium or above PC-compatible running Windows 2000/2003/2003-64bit, Red Hat 8/9, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0/4.0, SUSE LINUX 8.1/9.1, SUSE Linux 9, Fedora Linux 3, Sun Solaris 8/9, and Mac OS X, that support Java Runtime 1.4.2 or higher. (Applet mode is not supported in the Linux 64bit platforms)
- Remote station must be running Netscape 4.7X, IE6.0 or Mozilla 5.0, Java Runtime 1.4.2 (for a particular platform).
- 256-color or higher mode management station monitor.
- At least one available RS-232C port is required (if connection to the controller is through the RS-232C).
- TCP/IP with a valid IP assigned to each controller/subsystem.
- SNMP service for Windows.
- A fax modem that supports Hayes AT command protocol is required (if using the fax event notification function).
- A GSM modem is required (if using the SMS short message event notification function). RAIDWatch currently supports two GSM modem models:
- Siemens TC35
- WAVECOM Fast Rack M1206