Galaxy Metal Gear 65 manual Managing Arrays, Viewing Array and Drive Status Information

Galaxy 65 User Guide

–Expanding array capacity

•Partitions

–Adding a partition

–Expanding a partition

•Managing spares

3.2Managing Arrays

SAM lets you manage your arrays in a variety of ways. You can:

•View array and drive status (see page 20)

•View and reset array statistics (see page 21)

•Verify an array (see page 22)

•Change array owner (see page 23)

•Change the array name (see page 23)

•Trust an array (see page 24)

•Delete an array (see page 24)

3.3Viewing Array and Drive Status Information

Array status information is available from many pages in SAM. The top panel on all Disk Array Config and LUN Management pages displays an icon for each array with information about the array below it.

In this top panel, critical arrays display a blinking, red, exclamation mark through the array. If a utility is running on the array, the percent complete displays. If any array is critical for any reason other than initializing or reconstructing, you should review the status information and take the appropriate action, such as replacing a disk drive. For more information about the array icons, refer to the Understanding the Array Icons section of the X24 Subsystem Getting Started Guide.

More detailed array and drive information is available from three pages (for information about the fields on each page, click the Page Help icon):

•Monitor Galaxy 65 Subsystem > Status > Storage Array Status—includes status information for the selected array and its disk drives and partitions.

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