Promise Technology EX8658, EX8654, EX8650, EX4650 manual Managing Disk Arrays, Locating a Disk Array

SuperTrak EX Series User Manual

Managing Disk Arrays

Disk Array Management includes the following functions:

•Viewing Disk Arrays (page 150)

•Locating a Disk Array (page 150)

•Creating a Disk Array (page 151)

•Deleting a Disk Array (page 157)

•Viewing Disk Array Information (page 157)

•Making Disk Array Settings (page 158)

•Creating a Logical Drive (page 159)

•Deleting a Logical Drive (page 160)

•Migrating a Disk Array (page 161)

•Rebuilding a Disk Array (page 162)

•Running PDM on a Disk Array (page 163)

•Transitioning a Disk Array (page 164)

•Preparing a Disk Array for Transport (page 164)

Viewing Disk Arrays

To view the disk arrays in this enclosure plus any expanded or cascaded enclosures:

1.Click the Subsystem icon in Tree View.

2.Click the Disk Arrays icon.

A list of disk arrays appears in Management View.

Click the DA link to view a specific disk array. See “Viewing Disk Array Information” on page 157.

Locating a Disk Array

Virtual or Third Party Enclosures

Support for this feature depends on how your system or enclosure was set up. Direct-connect systems with individual LED connections and SGPIO enclosures support individual physical drive LEDs. Other systems or enclosures might or might not support them. See “Appendix D: LED Backplane Connections” on page 291.

To locate a disk array in the enclosure, click the Locate DAx button. The LEDs for the carriers holding the physical drives used by the disk array will blink for one minute.

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