3-RAID Control-LCD
4. Physical Drive Functions
Choose this option from the Main Menu to select a physical disk and to perform the operations listed below. To enter a Physical Drive Functions, press ENT to enter the main menu. Scroll to select the Physical Drive Functions option and then press ENT to enter further submenus. All physical drive submenus will be displayed.
4.1 Display Drive Information
Select the View Drive Information option and press ENT. Select the drive to display. The drive information screen shows the Model Name, Serial Number, Firmware Rev., Device Capacity, Current SATA Transfer mode, Supported SATA Transfer mode, and Device State.
4.2 Create a Pass-Through Disk
A Pass-through disk can be defined to dedicate a single disk as not controlled by the RAIDBank4 firmware and thus cannot be a part of a RAID set. Instead, the disk is available to the operating system as an individual disk. To create a Pass-Through disk, select the Create Pass-Through Disk option and press ENT. Select the drive number to create, and the drive attributes will be displayed. Select attribute to modify and then press ENT. Select attribute value and press the ENT to accept the selection value.
4.3 Modify Pass-Through Disk
To modify Pass-Through Disk attributes, scroll to choose the “Modify Pass-Through Drive” option, and then press ENT. The Select Drive Function menu will show all Pass-Through Drive number items. Select the Pass-Through Disk to modify and press ENT. The attributes screen shows the Pass-Through Disk setting value currently configured. Select the desired attribute to modify and Press ENT to modify the default value. Select attribute value and press ENT to accept the selection. After completing the modification, press ESC to enter the confirmation screen and then press ENT to accept.
4.4 Delete Pass-Through Disk
To delete pass-through drive from the pass-through drive pool, scroll to choose the “Delete Pass-Through Drive option”, and then press ENT. The Select Drive Function menu will show all Pass-Through Drive number items. Select the Pass-Through Disk to delete and press ENT. The Delete Pass-Through confirmation screen will appear. Press ENT to confirm deletion.
4.5 Identify Selected Drive
This function is designed to prevent removing the wrong drive by illuminating the selected disk HDD LED Indicator. To identify the selected drive from the physical drive pool, scroll to choose the “Identify Selected Drive” option and press ENT. Select the Disk to identify and press ENT. The selected disk HDD LED indicator will flash.
