Chapter 3: Management with the Promise Utility
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Managing Disk Arrays
Disk array management includes:
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Viewing a List of Disk Arrays (below)
•
Viewing Disk Array Information (page 45)
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Creating a Disk Array Manually (page 46)
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Creating a Disk Array and Logical Drive with the Wizard (page 47)
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Making Disk Array Settings (page 53)
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Locating a Disk Array (page 53)
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Deleting a Disk Array (page 54)
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Preparing a Disk Array for Transport (page 54)
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Rebuilding a Disk Array (page 55)
Also see “Disk Array and Logical Drive Problems” on page 110.
Viewing a List of Disk Arrays
To view a list of disk arrays, do one of the following actions:
•
From the Dashboard window, click the
Disk Array
link.
•
From the Storage menu, choose
Disk Array
.
The list of disk arrays appears. Each disk array lists:
•
ID
– DA0, DA1, etc.
•
Alias
– If assigned
•
Status
–
= Normal.
= Degraded.
= Incomplete, physical
drive missing
•
Capacity
– Data capacity of the array
•
Free Capacity
– Unconfigured or unused capacity on the physical
drives
•
Media Patrol
– Enabled or disabled on this array
•
Number of Logical Drives
– The number of logical drives on this array
Viewing Disk Array Information
To view disk array information:
1.
Do one of the following actions:
•
From the Dashboard window, click the
Disk Array
link.
•
From the Storage menu, choose
Disk Array
.
2.
Mouse-over and click the disk array you want then click the
View
button.
Disk array information includes:
