AMCC 720-0138-00 manual Available Drives to Create Units

Chapter 8. 3DM 2 Reference

Caution: Before you click Delete Unit, make sure the unit you are removing is unmounted and the system is not accessing it. (For example, make sure you are not copying files to the unit, and make sure that there are no applications with open files on that unit.) You can unmount the unit by selecting the icon for it on the desktop and dragging it to the trash.

If a unit is not unmounted and you remove it, it is the equivalent of physically yanking a hard drive out from under the operating system. You could lose data, the system could hang, or the controller could reset.

Warning: When a unit is deleted, the data will be permanently deleted: the drives cannot be reassembled into the same unit. If you want to reassemble the drives on another controller and access the existing data, use Remove Unit instead of

Delete Unit.

After deletion, the operating system is notified that the unit was deleted.

Available Drives (to Create Units)

This section lists the drives on the controller which are not currently configured as part of a unit. The Port number, model, capacity, and status are all displayed, as they are for drives in existing units.

Remove Drive. The Remove Drive link removes a drive from the controller so that you can safely unplug it. Any drive in the Available Drives list can be removed.

Create Unit

Use the Create Unit button to create a unit for use on the current controller. Begin by selecting the drives you want to use in the list of Available Drives, and then click Create Unit. You will be prompted to select the unit Type, Name, Stripe size (if applicable), and unit policy settings.

A window like the one below shows the drives you selected, and lets you specify configuration settings.

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