Logical Disk Properties; Deleting A Logical Disk; Expanding And Transforming Logical Disks - American Megatrends StorTrends 1100-P User Manual

Logical Disk Properties

Field Description
Logical Device Name This field displays the name of the Logical Device name.
RAID. Level This field displays the type of RAID. array of the Logical Disk.
Logical Device Status This field displays the status of the physical disk. The physical disk status can be in any of
the following states:
Initializing
Online
Degraded
Failed
Restoring
Expanding
Transforming
Capacity. This field displays the capacity of the Logical Disk.
Spare disks This field displays spare disks for this LD if any have been configured.
Spare type This field displays the type of spare selected for this array, if any.
Physical Disks This field displays all the physical disks involved in this Logical Disk. The physical Port
Involved location of the physical disk on the Controller and on which Controller it is attached to is
displayed.
Blink Disk button Clicking on this button will cause the physical disks involved in this LD to blink.
Add spare Click on this button to add a dedicated spare to this array from the pool of available
physical disks that displays.
Cache Settings This field allows you to view/modify the cache settings.

Deleting a Logical Disk

Simply select a Logical Disk and click on the Delete button to delete it.

Expanding and Transforming Logical Disks

Field Description
Expand Select this option to expand the size of your Logical Disk.
Transform Select this option to transform the Logical Disk from one raid level to another.
Name This field displays the name of the Logical Device name.
RAID. Level This field displays the type of RAID. array of the Logical Disk. If you are transforming
the Logical Disk, you can modify the RAID Level.
Organized as This field displays how the Logical Disk is organized.
Capacity. This field shows the current size of the array, and allows you to specify the expanded
capacity of the Logical Disk.
Status This field displays the status of the logical disk. The disk can be in any of the following
states:
Initializing
Online
Degraded
Failed
Restoring
Expanding
Transforming
Spare type This field displays the spare configuration for this LD.
Select Disks This field allows you to select the physical disks that you want to use to expand or
transform your Logical Disk with.
Note:
All features described here may or may not be available for all controllers supported.
Based on the supported features of the supported controller, options will automatically be
disabled or enabled.
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The Logical Disk is being initialized.
The Logical Disk is online and ready to use.
This means that one or more disks have failed, but still can be used
with. There will be performance degradation.
The Logical Disk has been rendered useless.
The Logical Disk is being restored.
The Logical Disk is being expanded.
The Logical Disk is being transformed.
The Logical Disk is being initialized.
The Logical Disk is online and ready to use.
This means that one or more disks have failed, but still can be used
with. There will be performance degradation.
The Logical Disk has been rendered useless.
The Logical Disk is being restored.
The Logical Disk is being expanded.
The Logical Disk is being transformed.