Promise Technology M200p, M500i, M500f, M300p, M500p Physical Drive Management, Locate Enclosure

Chapter 5: Management with the CLU

•Battery Current – Positive during charge, negative during discharge

To recondition the battery:

1.Highlight Recondition Battery and press Enter.

2.Press Y to confirm.

Reconditioning the battery is a full discharge and recharge.

Locate Enclosure

This feature helps you identify the physical VTrak enclosure you are working with through the CLU.

1.From the Main Menu, highlight Subsystem Management and press Enter.

2.Highlight Enclosure Management and press Enter.

3.Highlight Locate Enclosure and press Enter.

The LEDs on the front of the VTrak will blink for one minute.

Physical Drive Management

Physical Drive Management includes global and individual settings for physical disk drives.

Global Physical Drive Settings

This screen enables you to make settings that apply to all physical drives in this VTrak enclosure.

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

2.Highlight Global Physical Drives Settings and press Enter.

Write Cache

This feature enables/disables the write cache on all physical drives.

1.Highlight Write Cache and press the spacebar to toggle between Enabled and Disabled.

2.Press Ctrl-A to save your settings.

Read Ahead Cache

This feature enables/disables the read ahead cache on all physical drives.

1.Highlight Read Look Ahead Cache and press the spacebar to toggle between Enabled and Disabled.

2.Press Ctrl-A to save your settings.

DMA Mode

This feature switches between UDMA and MDMA modes on all physical drives.

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