3-RAID Control-LCD
2. RAID Set Functions
Select the RAID Set Function to manually configure the RAID set for the first time or delete/ reconfigure existing RAID sets. The RAID Set function allows more complete control over the RAID creation process, but requires more interaction then the Quick Volume/RAID Setup option. To enter a RAID Set Functions, press ENT to enter the Main menu. Scroll to select the “RAID Set Functions” option and press ENT to enter further submenus. All the RAID set submenus will be displayed.
2.1 Create A New RAID Set Choose “RAID Set Function” from the main menu. Select the “Create RAID Set” and press ENT. Select the drives to be used in the RAIDSet. Press UP/DOWN buttons to select specific physical drives, and press the ENT key to associate the selected physical drive with the current RAID set. When all
required drives are added press ENT to commit. The RAIDSet is now ready for volume creation (See Section 3.1 “Create a Volume Set”)
2.2 Delete Existing RAID Set
Once this option is selected, scroll to select the RAID set number to delete and press ENT. A Confirmation screen appears, and press ENT to delete the existing RAID set. A second confirmation screen will appear, and choose “Yes” to complete the deletion.
2.3 Expand Existing RAID Set
The Expand existing RAID Set function allows the user to add disk drives to the RAID set that already exists. To expand an existing RAID set, scroll to choose the “Expand Existing RAID Set” option. Scroll to select the RAID set number to be expanded and then press ENT. If there is an available disk, then the Select Drive Channel x appears. Scroll to select the
target disk and then press ENT to select it. Press ENT to start the expansion process. The new added capacity will be available for new volume sets. To define one or more volume sets, follow the instruction presented in the Volume Set Function to create the volume sets. When RAID migration is in progress, migration status is displayed in the RAID and volume status areas of the RAID Set information.
!IMPORTANT: Once the RAID Set expansion process has started it cannot be stopped. The process must complete before any other RAID functions will be available.
2.4 Offline RAID set
You can selectively offline RAID Sets to limit access or for diagnostics. Select the RAIDset to bring offline and press ENT. Following confirmations, all Hdds of the selected RAIDset will be put into offline state, spun down and fault LED will be in fast blinking mode.
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