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C.2.1 Viewing Array and Drive Status Information
Array and drive status information is available in two ways:
• View array status (see page117)
• 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 10GB).
• 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.