MegaRAID Configuration Console is the utility to efficiently configure, maintainand monitor a large array of disks through Internet.Take a look at some of it's features that make the job of an administratorquite easy.

SCSI RAID Features

Automatic Failed Drive Detection and Rebuild

The MegaRAID Configuration Console firmware automatically detects and rebuilds failed drives.Rebuilds can be done transparently with hot spares.

Drive Roaming

The MegaRAID Configuration Console adapter determines when disk drives have been physicallymoved from one slot to another, as in a hot swap. The drives must becontrolled by the same adapter.

Hot Swap Manual Replacement

MegaRAID Configuration Console supports the manual replacement of a disk module in the RAIDsubsystem without shutting down the system.

Battery-backed Cache Memory

A battery module provides backup power for the cache in case of a powerfailure. The battery supports more than 48-hours of retention time ofcache data for a standard 4 MB cache memory.

Check Consistency Features

Check Consistency ensures that parity data or mirroring is correct forthe selected logical drives.

Alarm Feature

MegaRAID Configuration Console includes an onboard tone generator to sound alarms and warnings.The alarm can be enabled and disabled from the Adapter operations menu.

Degraded to Optimal Logical Drive

A degraded RAID 5, RAID 3 or RAID 1 logical drive can be directly convertedto an optimal RAID 0 logical drive.

RAID 5 Logical Drive to RAID 3 Logical Drive and vice versa

A RAID 5 logical drive can be changed to RAID 3, and a RAID 3 logical drivecan be changed to RAID 5.

Removal of Physical Drives from Logical Drive

Change the configuration of a logical drive by removing an onlinephysical drive from the configured array of an optimal logical drive.Change an optimal RAID 5, RAID 3 or RAID 1 logical drive to optimal RAID 0.Or change an optimal RAID 5 or RAID 3 logical drive to optimal RAID 1 ifthe logical drive has just three physical drives.

Additions of Physical Drive(s) into Configured Logical Drive

Change the configuration of an optimal logical drive by adding one or moreready physical drives to it. An optimal RAID 0 logical drive can be convertedto optimal RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 3, RAID 5 by adding one or more drives.An optimal RAID 1 logical drive can be converted to optimal RAID 0, RAID 3 orRAID 5. Convert between RAID 3 and RAID 5 by adding more physical drives tothe configuration.

IDE RAID Features