Chapter 5 - Creating Logical Drive; Before Using Superbuild Utility; Supported Functions; Split Function - NEC Promise SuperTrak EX8350 User Manual

Chapter 5 - Creating Logical Drive

This chapter describes the disk array controller configuration utility "SuperBuild Utility" that allows you to
configure and manage the disk array.

1. Before Using SuperBuild Utility

Before using the SuperBuild Utility, see the supported functions and notes described below.

1-1. Supported Functions

Indicating information of the card
Indicating information of HDDs and their status
Creating and deleting logical drive
Setting RAID level
Setting stripe block size
Setting Initialize
Setting Write Cache mode

Split function

Indicating configuration information and status of logical drives
Indicating progress, pausing, and restarting background task
Performing rebuild/synchronization
Split Function
The SATA2 disk array controller supports the split function which can divide a single HDD into up to two
blocks. If an arbitrary capacity is specified in creation of a logical drive, SuperBuild Utility automatically uses
the split function to divide a HDD into two blocks.