MicroNet Technology RAIDBank4 manual Physical Drive Functions, Modify Pass Through Disk

4-RAID Control-Web Interface

4. Physical Drive Functions

4.1 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. A table will appear with available disks that are not already mapped to a RAIDset, hot spare, or existing passthroughs. Check the radio

button next to the desired disk, and enter the values for the volume cache mode, host

eSATA transfer rate, host channel and LUN

number (for more information on these attributes please see section 3.1- Create Volume Set in this chapter.) When all fields are finalized, check the box labelled “Confirm the operation”

and Click click to commit or to revert all options to default.

!SIMULTANEOUS HOST CHANNEL VOLUME MAPPING

The RAIDBank4 can map a Volumeset to both host channels simultaneously for clustering environment. Never attempt to mount the same volume on both channels without proper clustering software.

Mounting the same volume on both channels without proper software can result in

data corruption or loss!

4.2 Modify Pass Through Disk

To modify the attributes of a pass through disk, choose the “modify Pass Through” option. A table will appear with the available pass through disks. Check the radio button next to the disk to be modified, and modify the desired attributes in the below table (refer to section

section 3.1- Create Volume Set in this chapter for attribute descriptions.) Click the		Button
to finalize or	to revert all options to default.

4.3 Delete Volume Set

To delete a Pass through disk, choose the “Delete Pass Through” option. A table will appear with the available pass through disks. Check the radio button next to the disk to be deleted,

and check the box labelled “Confirm the operation.” Click the	Button to finalize or
to revert all options to default.

4.4 Identify Selected Drive

This function is designed to prevent removing the wrong drive by illuminating the selected disk HDD LED Indicator. To identify selected drive from the physical drive pool, choose the “Identify Drive” option. A table will appear with the available disks. Check the radio button next to the

disk to be identified, and click the button. Click the button when done.

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