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Chapter 17 Replacing the hard disk 239
Installation and Maintenance Guide
Controlling and monitoring mirroring operations
You can monitor and control disk mirroring through a control screen in the Unified Manager.
Under Diagnostics, Diskmirroring you can access a screen that allows you to control the
mirroring operation from your desktop, as well as display the status of the hard disks. Refer to
Table 46 for a list of the fields and a description of their function:
Table 46 HDD Mirror Settings
Tab Field Functions Description
Settings Version Read-only field Shows the current version of mirroring firmware.
Operation Mode Primary Master Mirror mode is disabled. The Primary disk is the
operating disk.
Mirror Master Mirror mode is disabled. The Mirrored disk is now
the operating disk.
Mirror Mode The system is in Mirror mode.
Ultra UDMA Auto The interface speed to the hard disk is set
automatically. This is the default.
Mode 0_16, Mode 1_24, etc. The interface speed to the hard disk is set to a
specific timing.
Note: Changing the speed from auto could
significantly affect system performance.
Beep Timing Disable The failure tone is disabled.
Continuous The an audible tone will beep continuously if a
failure occurs.
XX seconds/minutes
Default: BEEP_30Seconds.
The audible tone will beep for the period chosen if
a failure occurs.
Status DuplWin Dll version <current version number>
N/A
Shows the version or N/A if no version is found.
Primary Master
Status
Good, Bad, or N/A Indicates the current status of the primary hard
disk.
Mirror Master Status Good, Bad, or N/A Indicates the current status of the secondary hard
disk.
Initialization Status Started, Finished, Failed,
Shutdown, or N/A
Indicates current status of the initialization
process.
Configuration menu item Set Buzzer ON
Set Buzzer OFF
If turned ON, you can control the module buzzer
remotely.
If turned OFF, the module buzzer can only be
controlled from the front of the controller.
Report menu item Status Screen Launches a new browser window that displays
mirroring summary. The summary shows which
hard disks are installed, where they are placed,
and which is the active hard disk.
Drive Status Displays status bar to indicate process of
mirroring.
View Refresh Use this to update status screen.