Chapter 5: Management with the CLU
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2. Delete Logical Drive
3. Cache Policy
4. Retry Count
5. Enable/Disable SMART
6. Name
7. Priority
8. Hot Spare
9. Auto Rebuilding
R. Return to Previous Menu
Please enter your menu choice>
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Create Logical Drive
A logical drive is an entity made from a disk array that your PC’s operating
system recognizes as a single disk drive.
1.
From the Disk Array Management menu, press
4
and
Enter
to access the
Disk Array Properties.
2.
Press
1
and
Enter
to access Create Logical Drive
Mapping for Disk Array 1:
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| #1 |
| 357 GB |
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Maximum allowable capacity is 357 GB.
Press Enter key to use the maximum capacity
Or specify capacity in GB for the LD to be created.
Example 1: 12, this will create a 12 GB Logical Drive.
Example 2: 5Gx6, this will create 6 LDs, each LD's capacity is 5 GB.
Note in the Mapping for Disk Array 1 that one logical drive has already been
created and that 453 GB is available for additional logical drives.
Your input?>
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Enter the Logical Drive name>
FirstLD
Enable quick initialization(y/n)?>
y
3.
Type the size of your first logical drive in Gigabytes and press
Enter
.
Or, to create multiple logical drives of the same size, type the size and
number of drives as described and press
Enter
.
4.
To enable quick initialization, press
Y
and
Enter
.
If not, press
N
and
Enter
.
5.
The logical drive mapping information appears(below), followed by the Disk
Array Properties menu.
