NexScan GUI Management Software
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All Nexsan Storage products incorporate an advanced GUI and Management Interface
NexScan is our embedded WEB enabled GUI (Graphical User Interface). Platform independent. Access your system from any standard internet browser or from any host computer either directly connected or via a LAN or WAN. No software or patches required.
- Additional access via the RS-232 serial port or network interface to an ANSI terminal or emulator.
- SCSI ID, maximum transfer rate, and termination can be individually set for each Host Port.
- Event log for all significant events stored on disk.
- SAF-TE and SMART environmental monitoring support.
- Single click access to summary of all problems and warnings.
- DNS support for symbolic addresses.
- Array is verified before being put into production; automatic "parity scrub" (array verify) is performed as a background task every 24 hours thereafter.
- Build RAID sets (and set RAID level and stripe size), partition RAID sets into Volumes, map Volumes to LUNs and Host Ports, and manage Spares
- Shows status of disk drives, power supplies, fans, RAID controller. Information is automatically refreshed at a settable interval.
- For each drive, complete Model Name, Capacity, Serial Number, and Firmware Revision is reported along with errors and retries, if any.
- Complete hardware status page lists all significant hardware conditions such as voltages, temperature, battery mode, cache settings, network settings, and blower RPM
- Alerts and warnings sent out using SMTP email alerts with problem summary, hyperlink to the enclosure management page, plus user-defined fields.
- Supports automatic IP address assignment via DHCP, manually using IP Gleaning, over serial port, or via web page.
- Extra security feature requires manual confirmation of destructive media operations.
- Cache management page allows configuration of Cache as enabled or disabled, or remotely settable via standard SCSI commands
- Battery-backed Real Time Clock/Calendar is used to time stamp all major events
- Configure and monitor subsystem using any standard web browser.