Managing Disk Drives And Partitions; Understanding Disk Drives - Adaptec 2110S User Manual

Managing Disk Drives and
Partitions
In This Chapter

➤ Understanding Disk Drives

➤ Replacing Disk Drives
➤ Formatting a Disk Drive
➤ Blinking a Disk Drive
➤ Viewing Disk Drive Properties
➤ Understanding Partitions
➤ Viewing Partition Properties
Understanding Disk Drives
Disk drives are the physical devices that store your data. Depending
on your controller, you may use either SCSI or ATA drives.
SCSI disk drives are identified by a disk ID displayed in the
following format:
Channel Number SCSI ID
8-1
8-2
8-3
8-4
8-4
8-5
8-6
1:02:0
Logical Unit Number (LUN)
8
8-1