Compaq Infortrend manual Creating a Logical Volume, Initialization Mode

5.5Creating a Logical Volume

Press ENT for two seconds to enter the Main Menu. Press ▼ or ▲ to select "View and Edit Logical Volume," then press ENT.

Press ▼ or ▲ to select an undefined entry for logical volume, then press ENT for two seconds to proceed. "LV" is short for Logical Volume.

Proceed to select one or more logical drives. Press ENT to proceed. “LD” is short for Logical Drive.

Use ▼ or ▲ to browse through the logical drives. Press ENT again to select/deselect the drives. An asterisk

(*)mark will appear when the logical drive is selected. After all the desired logical drive(s) have been selected, press ENT for two seconds to continue.

Two submenus will appear.

Initialization Mode

Array initialization can take a long time especially for those comprised of large capacity. Setting to “Online” means the array is immediately accessible and that the controller will complete the initialization when IO demands become less intensive.

View and Edit Logical Volume ↕

LV=0
Not Defined	?

LV=0 Selected To Select LD Drives?

LG0 RAID5 DRV=3 2021MB GD SB=0

Initialization

Mode Online..

Write Policy

This menu allows you to set the caching mode policy for this specific logical volume. “Default” is a neutral value that is coordinated with the controller’s caching mode setting. Other choices are “Write-Back” and “Write-Through.”

Write Policy

Default ..

When finished with setting the preferences, press ENT for two

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