Cybernetics miSAN-V6, Operator'S Manual

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126 Using the 3ware Disk Manager®
Cybernetics UM-MV-86-B1-0801
manually. It is recommended that a file system check be executed when the rebuild
completes.
Unit Names
Units can be assigned names. A name can be assigned when the unit is created and can
be changed from this screen.
Other Controller Settings
•
2TB Auto-Carving
: Auto-carving can be enabled or disabled by selecting the
appropriate radio button. When this feature is enabled, any unit that is over 2TB will
be broken down into multiple volumes of 2TB each, plus a remainder volume. For
example, if the unit is 2.5 TB then it will contain two volumes, with the first volume
containing 2TB and the second volume containing 0.5 TB. If the unit is 5.0 TB then it
will contain 3 volumes, with the first two volumes containing 2TB each and the last
volume containing 1TB.
• Number of Drives Per Spin-up : Number of drives that will spin up at the same time
when the controller is powered up.
• Delay between Spin-ups : The delay between drive groups that spin up at one time
on this particular controller.
• Export JBOD (Unconfigured) Disks : Indicates whether unconfigured disks (JBODs)
should be exported to the operating system. By default, this setting is disabled and
JBOD drives are not exported to the operating system.
• Disable Write Cache on Unit Degrade : Indicates whether write cache will be
automatically disabled on a unit if it becomes degraded. After the unit is rebuilt, the
write cache will be re-enabled automatically.