Promise Technology EX4650, EX8650, EX8654, EX8658 Creating a Disk Array

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Promise Enclosures
To locate a disk array in a VTrak JBOD enclosure, click the Locate DAx button.
The disk status LEDs will blink for one minute to identify the carriers holding the
physical drives used by the disk arr ay.
Figure 7. VTrak drive carrier LEDs
Creating a Disk Array
WebPAM PRO provides three methods of creating a disk array:
•Automatic – Creates a default disk array and logical drive based on
unconfigured physical drives in the system. No user choices. If you have
multiple enclosures, multiple disk array/logical drive sets are created. See
“Creating a Disk Array – Automatic Configuration” on page152.
•Express – You choose the RAID characteristics and type of application.
Creates a disk array and logical drive(s) based on your input. See “Creating
a Disk Array – Express Configuration” on page153.
•Advanced – You specify all parameters for a new disk array. One logical
drive will be made automatically when you create the disk array. If you
specify less than the total available capacity, you can use the remaining
space to create additional logical drives now or at a later time. See “Creating
a Disk Array – Advanced Configurat ion” on page 155.
Disk Status
Power/Activity