2. In the
Select Physical Drives
diagram, click a drive to choose it for your spare. The
drive carrier will turn blue when you click it. The physical drive's ID number will
appear in the field below the diagram.
3. Click
Next
.
The Summary screen will display.
Task 4 – Summary
1. Review your choices of disk array, logical drives and spare drive.
• To make any changes, click
Back
to reach the appropriate screen.
• To accept, click
Submit
. Creating the disk array, logical drive, and spare drive
will take a few moments.
2. In the Select Physical Drives diagram, click the desired drives to add them to
your array. Drive carriers turn blue when you click them. The physical drives' ID
numbers appear in the field below the diagram.
3. Click
Finish
to close.
REBUILDING A DISK ARRAY
When you rebuild a disk array, you actually rebuild data on one or more
physical drive sfrom redundant data maintained on other drives. If there
is no spare drive of adequate capacity, you must replace the failed drive
with an unconfigured physical drive, then perform a Manual Rebuild.
On the carrier with the failed drive, the drive power/ status LED will be
red.
Performing A Manual Rebuild
To perform a manual rebuild:
1. Click on the
Background Activities
icon.
2. Mouse-over
Rebuild
, then click
Start
.
3. From the
Source Physical Drive
drop-down menu, choose a
Source
disk array
and physical drive. Arrays have an ID number. Physical drives have a sequence
number.
4. From the
Target Physical Drive
drop-down menu, choose a
Target
physical drive.
5. In the Confirmation box, type the word "CONFIRM" in the field provided, then
click
Confirm
. While the disk array is rebuilding:
• The disk array will show a green check icon and a
Rebuilding
status.
• Logical drives under the disk array will continue to show a yellow “!” icon and
a
Critical, Rebuilding
status.
• If the buzzer is enabled, your G-RAID Shuttle device will emit two quick beeps
every five seconds. When the beeps stop, the rebuild is complete.
Managing the Disk Array and Logical Drive
G-RAID Shuttle 4/8/SSD
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