Promise Technology 66 Pro user manual Channel chx Functions, Viewing Channel Object icons

SuperTrak66™ User's Manual Chapter 5

5.9 Channel (chx) Functions

The “chx” icons represent particular drive channels (i.e. 1,2,3,4) on the SuperTrak66 controller card.

Viewing Channel Object icons

Double-clicking on the icon displays the icons of the hard drives connected to the channel in the Object View. There is no Information View for Channel (chx). Double- click on the drive icons in the Object View to obtain a drive’s Information View (see p. 87).

Figure 66: Channelx's Object View

Assigned drive icon indicates drive that is already part of an existing SuperTrak66 array.

Unassigned drive icon indicates drive is not a part of an existing SuperTrak66 array. User may choose to leave drive to be used as a "hot" spare for a RAID 1, 3, or 5 level array. Unassigned drives may be assigned

to create new arrays.

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