Overview
When the software starts
up, the main window appears:
The main window controls all functions of HighPoint ATA RAID Management Software. Here we will walk through all of the menu items and explain their usages.
Menu Bar
The menu bar includes three items in the main window: Configuration, View and Help. You can switch screens by selecting the different menu. The Configuration window is the active screen by default.
Configuration Menu Under this category, you can implement
most of the functions of this software, such as creating a RAID array, deleting
a RAID array, editing a spare disk, synchronizing an array, renaming an array
and rescanning the devices.
View Menu Under this category, you can show/hide the toolbar
and view the event log.
Help It includes Icon Legend and Version Information of this software.
Toolbar
The toolbar is displayed across the top of the main window, below the menu bar. The toolbar provides quick mouse access to many tools used in HighPoint ATA RAID Management Software, such as RAID 1, JBOD, RAID 0, RAID 0/1, Spare and View Log. Move your mouse onto one of the toolbar buttons will show a short message that describes the action.
Array Tab and Controller Tab
Both of the Array Tab and the Controller Tab show a list of devices for the selected device in a tree type format.
Double clicking on any of the devices in this pane will activate a submenu, on which you can select Create, Edit Spare, Delete, Synchronize, Rename and Rescan commands to manage the arrays.
Information Pane
Select a
device (controller, channel, array or disk) from the left list box, the right pane shows the detailed information categories for that
device.
Status Bar
The status bar is displayed at the bottom of the main window. It provides help prompts to you. The area of the status bar describes actions of menu items as you use the arrow keys to navigate through menus.