NEC Express5800 Series User Manual page 26

22 Using the NEC ESMPRO Agent
From HD Pre-failure tab you can change mode of hard disk pre-failure prediction function.
Object List ⎯ Select the type of object. If you want to select the hard disk connected
SCSI and/or IDE controller, select "Hard Disk."
Enable Pre-failure Prediction ⎯ Select mode of the hard disk pre-failure prediction. In
case you want to monitor the hard disk pre-failure prediction, turn on the check box. If
you don't want to it, turn off the check box.
NOTE:
system availability.
– Hard disk pre-failure prediction
NEC ESMPRO supports "Hard disk pre-failure prediction" using "S.M.A.R.T." .
S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) is a function that a
hard disk monitors several monitoring items by itself. A hard disk gives alarm to NEC
ESMPRO, when the hard disk itself predicts a potential serious problem.
The hard disk pre-failure prediction is necessary to guarantee