Hardware Installation
PixelStor 5000 User Manual
Rev. 1, May 2013
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4.2.5
Step 3 – Disk Group Setup
A Disk Group is a collection of disk drives that is created by selecting disks to become members
of the Disk Group and building a RAID device with the selected disks. Clicking on Step 3, Disk
Group Setup, shown in Figure 4-14, opens the Disk Group Properties page where you see an
overview of the Disks in the system.
The fields displayed on the Disk Group Properties page are:
Operational State - Shows the status of the Disk Groups
Total Disk Groups - Shows the number of Disk Groups created
Total Grouped Disks - Shows the number of disk drives that are members of a Disk
Group
Total Spare Disks - Shows the number of spare disks that are eligible to become
members of a Disk Group
Total Orphan Disks - Shows the number of disks that have Disk Group information, but
are not currently a member of a Disk Group
Total Not-Owner Disks - Shows the number of disks that belong to a Disk Group owned
by the remote controller. (This state is possible for dual configurations only). Disks are
shown as Not-Owner disks when the remote controller is not available. This condition
may occur when the remote controller is in the process of booting. You may wait for the
remote controller to boot or use the Takeover DG to reassign these disks to the local
controller.
Total Faulty Disks - Shows the number of disks that have been declared faulty in the
storage system.
Total Unqualified Disks - Shows the number of disks that have been produced by
Rasilient in the storage system and are not usable.
Total Physical Disks - Shows the number of disks installed in the storage system.
Buttons
Cancel - Return to the Storage Systems Properties page.
Create DG - Create a new Disk Group.
Discover DG - Manually discover Disk Groups.
Orphan to Spare - Convert Orphan disks into Spare Disks. This removes all Disk Group
information from the selected disks.
Takeover DG - Reassign Not-Owner disks to the local controller
Help - Display the help page.
