Monitoring, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting Featureswww.3ware.com 13• 3DM 2 (3ware Disk Manager)3DM is a daemon (under Linux) and a service (under Windows) whichruns in the background on the controller’s host system, and can beaccessed through a web browser to provide ongoing monitoring andadministration of the controller and associated drives. It can be usedlocally (on the system that contains the 9000) or remotely (on a systemconnected via a network to the system containing the 9000).For details about working with 3DM, see “3DM 2 (3ware Disk Manager)Introduction” on page 66.3DM 2 is the current version of the 3ware Disk Manager. Throughout thisdocumentation, it is referred to interchangeably as 3DM and 3DM 2.• 3ware Alert Utility (WinAVAlarm)The 3ware Alert Utility for Windows runs on the system in which the3ware RAID controller is installed and provides direct notification bypopup message and audio alarm when events occur. This utility can beconfigured to specify the type of events that should generate thesenotifications. For details, see “Using the Alert Utility Under Windows” onpage 144.• 3ware CLI (Command Line Interface)The 3ware CLI provides the functionality available in 3DM through aCommand Line Interface. You can view unit status and versioninformation and perform maintenance functions such as adding orremoving drives, and reconfiguring RAID units online. You can also useit to remotely administer controllers in a system.The 3ware CLI is described in 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller CLIGuide and in the 3ware HTML Bookshelf.Monitoring, Maintenance, andTroubleshooting FeaturesSeveral 3ware RAID controller features aid in monitoring andtroubleshooting your drives.• SMART Monitoring (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and ReportingTechnology) automatically checks a disk drive's health every 24 hoursand reports potential problems. This allows you to take proactive steps toprevent impending disk crashes. SMART data is checked on all diskdrives (array members, single disks, and hot spares). Monitoring ofSMART thresholds can be turned on and off in 3DM. (For details, see“Viewing SMART Data About a Drive” on page 146.)
