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2-4. Define LD

If you press [2] on the Main Menu, the [Define LD Menu] screen shown below appears.

The screen allows you to create logical drives and see the information and status of existing logical drives.

Ex: Configuration of logical drive in RAID5 by three HDDs

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[ Define LD Menu ]

 

LD No

RAID Mode

Total Drv

Capacity (MB)

Status

LD

1

RAID 5

3

159866

Functional

LD

2

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LD

3

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LD

4

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LD

5

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LD

6

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LD

7

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LD

8

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[ Keys Available ]

 

[] Up

[] Down

[ESC] Exit

[Enter] Select

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

„[LD No]

Indicates the number of the logical drive.

„[RAID Mode]

Indicates the RAID level of the logical drive.

„[Total Drv]

Indicates the number of HDDs configuring the logical drive.

„[Capacity]

Indicates the logical capacity of the configured logical drive in MB.

„[Status]

Indicates the status of the logical drive.

Status

Functional

Critical

Rebuilding

Off Line

Description

All the HDDs configuring the logical drive operate normally.

One of the HDDs configuring the logical drive is in the offline status. Because redundancy is lost, rebuild is required as soon as possible. If another HDD is defected in the critical state, data cannot be recovered any more.

The logical drive is being rebuilt.

More than one HDD configuring the logical drive are in the offline status. In any offline logical drive, data processing is disabled.

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