Chapter 5: Management with the CLU

2.Delete Logical Drive

3.Cache Policy

4.Retry Count

5.Enable/Disable SMART

6.Name

7.Priority

8.Hot Spare

9.Auto Rebuilding

R. Return to Previous Menu

Please enter your menu choice>8

Create Logical Drive

A logical drive is an entity made from a disk array that your PC’s operating system recognizes as a single disk drive.

1.From the Disk Array Management menu, press 4 and Enter to access the Disk Array Properties.

2.Press 1 and Enter to access Create Logical Drive

Mapping for Disk Array 1:

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#1

357 GB

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Maximum allowable capacity is 357 GB. Press Enter key to use the maximum capacity

Or specify capacity in GB for the LD to be created. Example 1: 12, this will create a 12 GB Logical Drive.

Example 2: 5Gx6, this will create 6 LDs, each LD's capacity is 5 GB.

Note in the Mapping for Disk Array 1 that one logical drive has already been created and that 453 GB is available for additional logical drives.

Your input?>100

Enter the Logical Drive name>FirstLD

Enable quick initialization(y/n)?>y

3.Type the size of your first logical drive in Gigabytes and press Enter. Or, to create multiple logical drives of the same size, type the size and number of drives as described and press Enter.

4.To enable quick initialization, press Y and Enter. If not, press N and Enter.

5.The logical drive mapping information appears(below), followed by the Disk Array Properties menu.

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