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2 Introduction to maxView Storage Manager
This section introduces the maxView Storage Manager software, explains the concept of “storage space” and provides a checklist of getting-started tasks.
2.2 About maxView Storage Manager

1 About this Guide
2 Introduction to maxView Storage Manager
This section introduces the maxView Storage Manager software, explains the concept of “storage space” and provides a checklist of getting-started tasks.
3 Installing maxView Storage Manager
4 Exploring maxView Storage Manager
This section familiarizes you with the main features of the maxView Storage Manager graphical user interface. It describes how to start and login to maxView Storage Manager. It also explains how to get help and log out of maxView Storage Manager when you are finished working with the application.
5 Building Your Storage Space
6 Protecting Your Data
7 Modifying Your Storage Space
This section provides additional scenarios for creating and modifying arrays and logical drives. It explains how to check your logical drives for bad or inconsistent data; optimize controller and logical drive performance; move arrays and logical drives; and perform advanced operations, such as creating a split mirror backup array.
8 Working with maxCache Devices
9 Working with maxCrypto™ Devices
10 Working with Self Encrypting Drive (SED) Based Encryption
11 Working with Security Protocol and Data Model (SPDM)
12 Maintaining Physical Devices
13 Monitoring Status and Activity
This section describes how maxView Storage Manager helps you monitor status and activity in your storage space.
14 Managing Your Storage Space
15 Solving Problems
This section describes how to troubleshoot the components in your storage space.
16 Silent Installation on Windows and Linux
17 Configuring SNMP Notifications on Windows and Linux
18 Using the maxView Plugin for VMware vSphere 7 HTML5
19 Using the maxView Plugin for VMware vSphere 8 HTML5
20 Using maxView Storage Manager with HBAs and Non-RAID Mode Controllers
21 Selecting the Best RAID Level
22 Icons At-a-Glance
23 Smart Controller Device Status
24 Display Properties of a Controller, Array, Logical Device, and a Physical Device
25 maxView Video Tutorials
26 Revision History
Microchip Information
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2.2 About maxView Storage Manager

maxView Storage Manager is a browser-based software application that helps you build a storage space for your data, using Microchip RAID controllers, disk drives, Solid State Drives (SSDs), and enclosures.

With maxView Storage Manager, you can group disk drives into arrays and logical drives and build in redundancy to protect your data and improve system performance. You can also use maxView Storage Manager to monitor and maintain all the controllers, enclosures, and disk drives in your storage space from a single location.

The maxView Storage Manager GUI, or graphical user interface, runs on most contemporary Web browsers (for a list of supported browsers, see 2.3 Browser Support). A software stack comprising a Web server, and Redfish server allows maxView Storage Manager to communicate with the controller(s) in your storage space and coordinate activity in your system.

A flexible installation model allows you to install all software components on a single machine, or distribute components on different machines across your network, with the maxView Storage Manager GUI and Web server on one machine, and the Redfish server on others.

The online versions of the documents are provided as a courtesy. Verify all content and data in the device’s PDF documentation found on the device product page.