B.1 Understanding Drive Segments........................................................................................................................49
B.2 Non-redundant Arrays (RAID 0)........................................................................................................................49
B.3 RAID 1 Arrays ...................................................................................................................................................50
B.4 RAID 1 Enhanced Arrays...................................................................................................................................50
B.5 RAID 10 Arrays..................................................................................................................................................51
B.6 RAID 5 Arrays....................................................................................................................................................52
B.7 RAID 5EE Arrays................................................................................................................................................53
B.8 RAID 50 Arrays..................................................................................................................................................54
B.9 RAID 6 Arrays....................................................................................................................................................55
B.10 RAID 60 Arrays................................................................................................................................................55
B.11 Comparing RAID Levels...................................................................................................................................56
C.2.1 Creating a New Array.........................................................................................................................58
C.2.2 Managing Existing Arrays...................................................................................................................58
C.2.3 Initializing Disk Drives........................................................................................................................60
C.2.4 Rescanning Disk Drives......................................................................................................................60
C.2.5 Secure Erasing Disk Drives.................................................................................................................60
C.2.6 Uninitializing Disk Drives...................................................................................................................61
C.2.7 Managing Global Hot Spares.............................................................................................................61
C.3.1 Opening the Controller Settings Tool ................................................................................................61
C.3.2 Applying Changes and Exiting............................................................................................................61
C.3.3 Modifying Your Controller’s Configuration........................................................................................62
C.3.4 Checking Backup Unit Status.............................................................................................................66
C.4 Formatting and Verifying Disk Drives................................................................................................................66
C.5 Locating Disk Drives..........................................................................................................................................66
C.6 Identifying Disk Drives .....................................................................................................................................67
C.7 Setting the Drive Write-Cache Policy................................................................................................................67
C.8 Updating the Controller Firmware....................................................................................................................68
C.9 Updating the Controller CPLD...........................................................................................................................68
C.10 Creating a Support Archive.............................................................................................................................68
C.11 Viewing the Event Log ...................................................................................................................................69
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