Promise Technology EX8654, EX8658, EX8650, EX4650 Managing Physical Drives, Viewing Physical Drives

Chapter 4: SuperBuild™ Utility

Managing Physical Drives

Physical drive management includes these functions:

•Viewing Physical Drives (page 87)

•Viewing Physical Drive Information (page 87)

•Managing Physical Drive Problems (page 88)

Viewing Physical Drives

To view physical drives:

1.In the Main Menu, highlight Physical Drive Management and press Enter. The information includes:

ID – The channel number of the SuperTrak controller to which the physical drive is attached

Model Name – The physical drive manufacturer’s model name for the drive Capacity – Data capacity of the physical drive

Status – OK is normal. Can also show Rebuilding or Dead.

2.Highlight Return to Previous Menu and press Enter.

Viewing Physical Drive Information

The SuperBuild utility displays information about the physical (disk) drives attached to the SuperTrak controller.

1.In the Main Menu, highlight Physical Drive Management and press Enter.

2.Highlight the physical drive you want to see and press Enter. The Physical Drive Information screen displays:

ID – The channel number of the SuperTrak controller to which this physical drive is attached.

Model Name – The drive manufacturer’s model name. Serial Number – The drive manufacturer’s serial number. Firmware Version – The drive’s firmware version number. Drive Interface – SAS or SATA, 3.0 or 1.5 Gb/s Protocol – ATA/ATAPI protocol level.

Capacity – Data capacity of the physical drive in GB.

Location – Enclosure refers to the Host PC. Slot refers to the channel number of the SuperTrak controller.

Configuration – Disk array number and sequence number, Type of spare drive, or Unconfigured.

Status – OK is normal. Can also show Rebuilding, Stale, or Dead.

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