Managing Arrays & Partitions

C.2.1 Viewing Array and Drive Status Information

Array and drive status information is available in two ways:

View array status (see page 117)

View drive status (see page 119)

C.2.1.1 Viewing Array Status

You can view the status of an array, including the following information:

State: Online, Offline, Critical, or Fault-tolerant.

Serial number: Unique number the Galaxy 65 Subsystem assigns to each array.

Name: Name you give to the array.

RAID level: Array type (0, 3, 4, 5, 50, Volume, or Mirrored). The term “mirrored” is used for both RAID 1 and RAID 10 arrays.

Number of drives: Number of drives in the array when fault-tolerant. For example, if a three-drive RAID 5 array loses one drive, the number will still display 3.

Number of drives per subarray: For RAID 50 only; number of drives in each underlying RAID 5 array.

Number of spare drives: Number of spare drives dedicated to this array.

Size: Size of the entire array (expressed in MB or GB for arrays larger than 10 GB).

Chunk size: Array’s chunk size.

Date created: Date the array was created.

Utility: Utility running (None, Verify, Reconstruct, Expand, or Initialize).

Number of partitions: Number of partitions created on the array.

Free partition total: Amount of free space (no partition) on the array.

To view the status of an array:

1From the System Menu, select Array Menu and press Enter. The Select Array screen displays with a list of existing arrays.

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Galaxy Metal Gear 65 Viewing Array and Drive Status Information, Viewing Array Status, To view the status of an array