Asus PCI-DA2200, User Manual

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ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Array Management
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4.4 Defining Enclosures
4.4 Defining Enclosures
You create custom enclosures to facilitate management of the
physical drives in the disk array system. These enclosures can
replicate closely real enclosures with real drive bays, depicting
the exact locations and positions of the physical drives. When a
drive fails, determining which drive to replace is simply a matter
of checking the Enclosure window for the exact location of the
failed drive (a failed drive appears with an X mark on its icon).
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Creating an enclosure
1. Display the Enclosure window, if not yet displayed. To
display it, click on the Enclosure command button or select
the Enclosure command from the Open menu.
If you have not defined an enclosure yet for the disk array
system, the Enclosure window will be blank; otherwise, the
existing enclosures appear in the window. If you want to
delete an existing enclosure, see the instructions below.
2. Double-click on an empty space within the Enclosure
window. The following menu will appear:
3. Depending on the orientation of your drive bays, select
either Create Vertical Enclosure or Create Horizontal
Enclosure. One of the following enclosure icons will
appear on the screen: