Promise Technology M500f, M500i, M300p, M500p, M300i Delete a Logical Drive, Disk Array Migration

Chapter 4: Management with WebPAM PROe

If you created a fault-tolerant logical drive (any RAID level except RAID 0), the Operational Status of new logical drive will display Synchronizing for several minutes after creation. You can use the logical drive during this period but read/ write performance could be slower than normal. See “Logical Drive Synchronization” on page 146.

Delete a Logical Drive

The Disk Array–Delete LD tab enables you to delete a logical drive under this disk array.

Caution

All data on the logical drive will be lost. Back up any valuable data before deleting the logical drive.

To delete a logical drive:

1.Click the Subsystem icon in Tree View.

2.Click on the Disk Arrays icon.

3.Click on the Disk Array icon.

4.Click on the Delete LD tab in Management View.

5.Check the box to the left of the logical drive you want to delete.

6.Click the Submit button.

In the confirmation box, type the word confirm in the field provided.

7.Click the OK button.

The selected logical disappears from the Logical Drive List on the Information tab.

Disk Array Migration

For VTrak, the term “Disk Array Migration” means either or both of the following:

•Change the RAID Level

•Expand the storage capacity

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