
4.7.3 Hard Drive S.M.A.R.T. Function Support
S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology) is a diagnostic tool for hard drives to
give advanced warning of hard disks failures. It provides users chances to take actions before possible
hard disks failure.
S.M.A.R.T. measures many attributes of the hard disk realtime and detects if the hard disk is moving
out of threshold tolerance. The advanced notice of possible hard disk failure allows users to back up
hard disk or replace the hard disk in advance. It prevent from hard disk crash when it is writing data or
rebuilding a failed hard disk.
After you enter the “S.M.A.R.T.” function, the S.M.A.R.T. information will be displayed. The number is
the current value and the number in parenthesis is the default threshold value. The threshold values are
different according to hard disk vendors. Please refer to the vendor’s specifi cations for details.
Figure 4.7.3
4.7.4 UPS
You can enter “UPS” function to confi gure UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply).
Figure 4.7.4
Currently, the system only support the smart-UPS (Auto Shutdown) function of APC (American Power
Conversion Corp.). For more information, visit http://www.apc.com/.
To setup the UPS, connect the system to APC UPS via RS-232 for communication. Confi gure the
shutdown values when power failure. UPS of other vendors do not support auto shutdown.
UPS Type
Select UPS Type. Choose Smart-UPS for APC Smart-UPS or choose “None” for other
vendors.
Shutdown Battery Level (%)
When below the specifi ed level, the system will shut down automatically. Setting the
value to “0” will disable the UPS function.
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