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Chapter 3 Display/Operation Panel
Operation Guidelines Page 3 - 5

Changing or

Selecting a

Menu Option

Display/operation panel options or parameters currently in use by t he array are
identified by an asterisk (*) on the display. C ha nge or select a menu option as
follows:
1. Use the directional arrows on the keypad to navigate to the menu option
that you want to select or change.
2. Press and release the left or right arrow until the selection you want
appears on the display.
3. Press SELECT to “lock in” this new selection. An asterisk will appear
in front of the new selection.
4. Press the appropriate directional arrows on the keypad to navigate to the
next display that you want to change or select.

Saving

Changes

When a new function or value is chosen and you press the SELECT key, the
change becomes effective immediately. The o nly time this does not happen is
when a command is executing. In this case, the array waits for the command
to complete before initializing the new selection.

Default

Settings

Most of the “default” settings discussed on the following pages are factory
settings. If you change a setting, be sur e to note t hat you r ne w setti ng b ecomes
the new “default” setting. Whenever the array is RESET or powered down, it
will retain the same value for e ach parameter that was in ef fect before the
RESET or power-up. There are two exceptions:
• ON/OFF LINE will always revert to ON LINE
• REBUILD% will always revert to 99%
Menu Option Descriptions
The remainder of this chapter lists and describes the menu selections and
options available on the 6500 array display/operation panel.
The complete tree structure of the display/operation panel menu system is
shown in the diagrams on the following pages. The descriptions following the
diagrams are grouped under the primary first-level selections in the menu
system:
• ARRAY OPTIONS
• ARRAY INFORMATION
• REBUILD
• FORMAT
• DRIVES
• LOG PAGES