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2.
Click the Finish button to close the Wizard.
Formatting your Logical Drives
If you left the Format box checked under Task 2 – Logical Drive Creation, your
logical drives are formatted automatically.
If you UNchecked the Format box, you must format your logical drives manually.
See "Formatting Logical Drives" on page 90.
When the Promise Utility has finished the partition and format
operation, new removable-drive icons, each representing one logical
drive, appear on your desktop (right).
When you see the icon, your logical drive is ready to use.
Making Disk Array Settings
To make disk array settings:
1.
Do one of the following actions:
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From the Dashboard window, click the Disk Array link.
•
From the Storage menu, choose Disk Array.
2.
Mouse-over and click the disk array you want then click the Settings button.
3.
Make setting changes as required:
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Enter, change or delete the alias in the Alias field
Maximum of 32 characters; letters, numbers, space between
characters, and underline.
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Media Patrol – Check to enable, uncheck to disable on this array.
•
PDM – Check to enable, uncheck to disable on this array.
4.
Click the Save button.
Locating a Disk Array
This feature causes the drive carrier LEDs to flash for one minute to assist you in
locating the physical drives that make up this disk array.
To locate a disk array:
1.
Do one of the following actions:
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From the Dashboard window, click the Disk Array link.
You can also enable or disable Media Patrol for the entire RAID
system. See "Making Media Patrol Settings" on page 33.
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