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Parameters
•
Name
—Name of the RAID array.
•
RAID
level
—RAID level.
•
Capacity
—This field is automatically populated with the maximum capacity of the RAID array,
which cannot be modified.
•
Stripe
size
—Data block size written to each physical drive in the RAID array. The default is 256
KB.
•
Method
—Initialization method of the RAID array.
Managing physical drives
About physical drive management
To use physical drives to create logical drives, make sure the physical drives are in the correct
states.
Physical drive management allows you to view the status of physical drives, initialize and uninitialize
physical drives, and set the cache mode for the physical drives.
Procedure
1.
On the
Configure RAID
arrays
page, click the
Manage
physical drives
tab.
Figure 4-6 Manage physical drives tab
2.
Select one or more physical drives and click
Initialize
or
Unintialize
to
initialize or uninitialize
the physical drives.
3.
To set the cache mode for one or more physical drives, select the drives, click
Set cache mode
.
In the
Set Cache Mode
window shown in
, select
Disabled (write through)
or
Enabled (write back)
, and click
OK
.
