Promise Technology EX8650A, EX4650 Changing Logical Drive Settings, Deleting a Logical Drive

Chapter 4: SuperBuild™ Utility

The Initialization begins immediately. If you set Initialization for multiple logical drives, they will be initialized sequentially. You can monitor Initialization progress under Background Activity.

5.Highlight Return to Previous Menu and press Enter.

Changing Logical Drive Settings

To change logical drive settings:

1.In the Main Menu, highlight Logical Drive Management and press Enter. The Logical Drive Management screen displays.

2.Highlight the logical drive whose settings you want to change and press Enter.

The Logical Drive Info and Setting screen displays.

3.Press the arrow keys to highlight the item you want to change, then press Enter to select the item:

•Logical Drive Name – Press the backspace or delete keys to remove the characters. Then type new characters.

•Write Cache Policy – Choose from Write Back or Write Through.

•Read Cache Policy – Choose from Read Cache, Read Ahead, or No Cache.

4.Highlight Save Setting and press Enter. The changes happen immediately.

Deleting a Logical Drive

Warning

When you delete a logical drive, you delete all data on the logical drive. Be sure to backup any important data before you delete a logical drive!

To delete a logical drive:

1.In the Main Menu, highlight Logical Drive Management and press Enter. The Logical Drive Management screen displays.

2.Highlight the logical drive you want to delete and press the spacebar to mark the logical drive.

An asterisk (*) appears at the left of the selected logical drive.

3.Highlight Delete Selected Logical Drives and press Enter.

4.Press Y to confirm logical drive deletion.

The selected logical drive is removed from the list.

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