ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Introduction
1.3
Feature Highlights
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per row and column, and drive orientation. Once an enclosure is
defined, drives can be dragged and dropped into their respective
drive bays corresponding to their actual locations. In this way,
drives can be monitored in an enclosure-relative context.
The enclosure window provides real-time reporting of the status
of the connected physical drives. When a drive fails, the system
highlights the corresponding icon of the failed drive by placing a
red X mark on it; when you remove a drive, its icon is removed
from the enclosure window. This feature is particularly useful in
cases where a drive fails, and you need to identify its exact
location for subsequent replacement.
In addition to monitoring drives in the enclosure, the enclosure
window also allows you to monitor the status of the power
supply, fan, temperature inside the enclosure, and the status of
the uninterruptible power supply (UPS) supplying power to the
enclosure.
1.3.3 Powerful Event Notification Function
The GUI RAID Manager sends notifications to administrators
for reporting event occurrences and status changes of the disk
array system. These notifications can be sent via a local modem
to a pager or telephone, via the Internet as E-mail messages, via