2.Click the Enclosures icon.

3.Click the Enclosure icon.

4.Click the Buzzer tab in Management View.

5.From the Buzzer tab dropdown menu, select Settings.

6.Check the Buzzer Enabled box.

7.Check the Test Buzzer box.

8.Click the Submit button.

The buzzer will sound for one minute.

Managing Physical Drives

Managing Physical Drives deals with the physical disk drives installed in the Astra ES subsystem enclosure, including the following functions:

Viewing a list of Physical Drives

Identifying/Locating a Physical Drive

Modifying Physical Drive Settings

Clearing Stale and PFA Conditions

Forcing a Physical Drive Online or Offline

Viewing a List of Physical Drives

To view a list of physical drives in this enclosure:

1.Click the Subsystem icon in Tree View.

2.Click the Enclosures icon.

3.Click the Enclosure icon.

4.Click the Physical Drives icon.

The list of physical drives appears in Management View.

Identifying a Physical Drive

To identify physical drive in the Astra ES subsystem enclosure:

1.Click the Subsystem icon in Tree View.

2.Click the Enclosures icon.

3.Click the Enclosure icon.

4.Click the Physical Drives icon.

5.In Management View, click the physical drives in the graphic.

The location of the physical drive is highlighted in the Enclosure Front View diagram.

Modifying Global Physical Drive Settings

Global settings apply to all of the physical disk drives installed in the Astra ES subsystem enclosure. To make global physical drive settings:

1.Click the Subsystem icon in Tree View.

2.Click the Enclosures icon.

3.Click the Enclosure icon.

4.Click the Physical Drives icon.

5.Click the Global Settings tab in Management View.

6.Make the settings as needed.

For SATA drives, check the boxes to enable:

Write Cache

Read Look Ahead Cache

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