Creating A Logical Volume; Initialization Mode; Write Policy - Compaq External RAID Controller & Subsystem Infortrend Operation Manual

5.5

Creating a Logical Volume

Press ENT for two seconds to enter the
Main Menu. Press
"View and Edit Logical Volume," then
press ENT.
Press
entry for logical volume, then press
ENT for two seconds to proceed. "LV"
is short for Logical Volume.
Proceed to select one or more logical
drives. Press ENT to proceed. "LD" is
short for Logical Drive.
Use
logical drives. Press ENT again to
select/deselect the drives. An asterisk
(*) mark will appear when the logical
drive is selected. After all the desired
logical drive(s) have been selected,
press ENT for two seconds to continue.
Two submenus will appear.

Initialization Mode

Array initialization can take a long
time especially for those comprised of
large capacity.
means
accessible and that the controller will
complete the initialization when IO
demands become less intensive.

Write Policy

This menu allows you to set the
caching mode policy for this specific
logical volume. "Default" is a neutral
value that is coordinated with the
controller's
Other choices are "Write-Back" and
"Write-Through."
When
preferences,
5-10
or
or to select an undefined
or to browse through the
Setting to "Online"
the array is immediately
caching mode
finished with setting
press ENT
View and Edit
to select
Logical Volume
LV=0
Not Defined
LV=0 Selected To
Select LD Drives?
LG0 RAID5 DRV=3
2021MB GD SB=0
Initialization
Mode
Write Policy
Default
setting.
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for two
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