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Microsemi Smart Storage Controllers User's Guide maxView Storage Manager Released March 2019 Revision History Revision Revision Details of Change Date 9 March 2019 maxView Storage Manager v3.01.00 8 January maxView Storage Manager v3.0.0 2019 7 May 2018 Removed "Proprietary and Confidential" markings in footer text. 6 April 2018 maxView Storage Manager v2.06 5 September maxView Storage Manager v2.04 2017 4 May 2017 maxView Storage Manager v2.03 3 September V1.2.0 Maintenance Release. maxView Storage Manager v2.02 2016 2 April 2016 V1.1.0 Maintenance Release. maxView Storage Manager v2.01 1 December First Production release. maxView Storage Manager v2.00 2015 Microsemi Smart Storage Controllers User's Guide Revision 9 2 Contents Microsemi Adaptec® Product Support.............................................................................................9 Software License Agreement.........................................................................................................10 1 About this Guide........................................................................................................................13 1.1 What You Need to Know Before You Begin.................................................................................................13 1.2 Terminology Used in this Guide..................................................................................................................14 1.3 How to Find More Information...................................................................................................................14 2 Introduction to maxView Storage Manager...............................................................................15 2.1 Getting Started............................................................................................................................................15 2.2 About maxView Storage Manager .............................................................................................................15 2.2.1 About maxView Storage Manager Redfish Server .......................................................................15 2.2.2 About the maxView Storage Manager Web Server......................................................................15 2.3 System Requirements.................................................................................................................................16 2.4 Browser Support.........................................................................................................................................16 2.5 Typical Storage Space Configurations.........................................................................................................17 2.5.1 A Simple Storage Space................................................................................................................17 2.5.2 An Advanced Storage Space.........................................................................................................17 2.5.3 Continuing to Grow Your Storage Space.......................................................................................18 3 Installing maxView Storage Manager.........................................................................................19 3.1 Before You Begin the Installation................................................................................................................19 3.1.1 Gather Installation Information....................................................................................................19 3.1.1.1 Check Network Configuration........................................................................................19 3.1.2 Download the Installation Package..............................................................................................19 3.2 Installing on Windows.................................................................................................................................20 3.3 Installing on Red Hat, Citrix XenServer, CentOS, or SuSE Linux...................................................................21 3.4 Installing on Debian or Ubuntu Linux.........................................................................................................21 3.5 Installing on VMware..................................................................................................................................22 3.6 Running maxView Storage Manager from a Bootable USB Image .............................................................23 3.7 Uninstalling maxView Storage Manager.....................................................................................................23 3.7.1 Uninstalling from Windows..........................................................................................................23 3.7.2 Uninstalling from Red Hat, Citrix XenServer, CentOS, or SuSE Linux............................................24 3.7.3 Uninstalling from Ubuntu Linux....................................................................................................24 3.7.4 Uninstalling from VMware............................................................................................................24 4 Exploring maxView Storage Manager........................................................................................25 4.1 Starting maxView Storage Manager and Logging In ..................................................................................25 4.2 Working in maxView Storage Manager.......................................................................................................25 4.3 Overview of the Main Window...................................................................................................................26 4.3.1 The Enterprise View .....................................................................................................................26 4.3.1.1 What do the Enterprise View Icons Mean? .................................................................28 4.3.2 The Ribbon ...................................................................................................................................29 4.3.3 The Storage Dashboard................................................................................................................29 4.4 Checking System Status from the Main Window........................................................................................30 4.5 Revealing More Device Information ..........................................................................................................31 4.6 Getting Help................................................................................................................................................32 Microsemi Smart Storage Controllers User's Guide Revision 9 3 4.7 Logging Out of maxView Storage Manager................................................................................................33 5 Building Your Storage Space.......................................................................................................34 5.1 Overview.....................................................................................................................................................34 5.2 Choosing a Management System................................................................................................................34 5.2.1 ‘Local’ or ‘Remote’?......................................................................................................................34 5.2.2 Logging in on the Local System ....................................................................................................35 5.3 Logging into Remote Systems from the Local System.................................................................................35 5.4 Creating Arrays and Logical Drives..............................................................................................................36 5.4.1 Creating a Logical Drive on a New Array ......................................................................................37 5.4.2 Creating a Logical Drive on an Existing Array ...............................................................................40 5.4.3 Partitioning and Formatting Your Logical Drives...........................................................................43 5.4.4 Creating Logical Drives on Other Systems in Your Storage Space.................................................44 5.4.5 Controller Support for 4K Drives..................................................................................................44 5.4.5.1 Creating a Logical Drive..................................................................................................44 5.4.5.2 Moving a Logical Drive ..................................................................................................44 5.4.5.3 Modifying a Logical Drive ..............................................................................................46 5.4.5.4 Assigning Spares at the Array Level................................................................................47 5.4.5.5 Assigning Spares at the Physical Device Level................................................................48 6 Protecting Your Data..................................................................................................................51 6.1 Dedicated Spare or Auto-Replace Spare?...................................................................................................51 6.2