Promise Technology M300i Disk Array Information, Disk Array Settings and Functions, Media Patrol

Chapter 5: Management with the CLU

Disk Array Information

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

2.Highlight the disk array you want and press Enter. The information and settings screen appears.

3.Highlight any of the following and press Enter to view a list of:

•Spare drives in this array, dedicated and global

•Physical drives in this array

•Logical drives in this array

Disk Array Settings and Functions

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

2.Highlight the disk array you want and press Enter. The information and settings screen appears.

Alias

1.To set an alias for this disk array, highlight Alias and type an alias into the field.

Maximum of 32 characters. Use letters, numbers, space between words and underscore. An alias is optional.

2.Press Ctrl-A to save your settings.

Media Patrol

1.Highlight Media Patrol and press the spacebar to toggle between Enable and Disable.

2.Press Ctrl-A to save your settings.

PDM

1.Highlight PDM (Predictive Data Migration) and press the spacebar to toggle between Enable and Disable.

2.Press Ctrl-A to save your settings.

Transport

This function prepares the physical drives in the disk array for moving to new drive slots.

To run the Transport function, highlight Transport and press Enter.

Rebuild

This function rebuilds the disk array’s data onto a replacement physical drive. Use this function after a disk array has gone critical.

1.Highlight Rebuild and press Enter.

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