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VTrak M610p Product Manual
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Locating a Disk Array
This feature helps you identify the physical drives assigned to the disk array you
are working with in the CLU.
To locate a disk array:
1.
From the Main Menu, highlight
Disk Array Management
and press Enter.
2.
Highlight the disk array you want and press Enter.
3.
Highlight
Locate Disk Array
and press Enter.
The drive carrier LEDs pertaining to this disk array will blink for one minute.
Creating a Logical Drive
You can create logical drives on existing disk arrays if there is available space in
the array. For more information on the choices below, see “Chapter 7:
Technology Background” on page 189.
To create a logical drive from an existing disk array:
1.
From the Main Menu, highlight
Disk Array Management
and press Enter.
2.
Highlight the disk array in which you want to create a logical drive and press
Enter.
3.
Highlight
Create New Logical Drive
and press Enter.
The Disk Array ID number and Maximum capacity available for the new
logical drive are displayed.
4.
Highlight the following parameters and press the backspace key to erase the
current value:
•
Alias - Type an alias into the field, if desired. Maximum of 32 characters.
Use letters, numbers, space between words and underscore.
•
Capacity - Maximum capacity shown. Enter a smaller capacity if
desired.
5.
Highlight the following parameters and press the spacebar to toggle though
the available choices:
•
Stripe size – Press the spacebar to select: 64 KB, 128 KB, 256 KB,
512 KB, or 1 MB
•
Sector size – Press the spacebar to select: 512 B; 1 KB, 2 KB, or 4 KB
•
Write Policy – Press spacebar to select: Write Back or Write Through
•
Read Policy – Press spacebar to select: No Cache, Read Cache, or
Read Ahead Cache
6.
Highlight
Number of Axles
and press the spacebar to select the number of
axles. Applies to RAID 50 only.
7.
Press Ctrl-A to save your settings.
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