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Tab l e 1 2 - 5 .

Lo g i ca l D r i v e D ef au l t S e t t i n g s

 

 

 

Parameter

Setting

 

 

 

Read Policy

Adaptive Readahead

 

 

 

Cache Policy

Direct I/O

 

 

 

Spanning

Off

 

 

 

Physical Drive

Select Objects—>Physical Drive to select a physical device and to perform the operations listed in Table 12-5. When you choose this option, the physical drives in the system are listed. Move the cursor to the desired device and press <Enter> to display the options for physical drives.

Physical Drive Menu

Table 12-6 displays the options in the physical drive menu.

Ta b l e 1 2 - 6 . P hy s i c a l D r i ve M e n u O p t i o n s

Option

Description

 

 

Rebuild

Choose this option to rebuild the selected physical drive.

 

 

Format

Choose this option to low-level format the selected physical

 

drive.

 

 

Force Online

Choose this option to change the state of the selected

 

physical drive to online.

 

 

Force Offline

Choose this option to change the state of the selected

 

physical drive to offline.

 

 

Prepare to

Choose this option before you remove a physical drive from

Remove

an array.

 

 

Make HotSpare

Choose this option to designate the selected physical drive as

 

a hot spare.

 

 

View Drive

Choose this option to see the manufacturer data for the

Information

selected physical device.

 

 

View Rebuild

Choose this option to see the progress of the rebuild process

Progress

for the selected physical drive.

 

 

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Dell 3 manual Physical Drive Menu, Displays the options in the physical drive menu, Tab l e 1 2, 192