Direct Access Devices; Direct Access Device Icons - Intel SRCMR - RAID Controller User Manual

During the hot plug procedure enter the ID of the new hard disk (all free IDs are offered) and then
confirm a security request. Thereafter the SCSI channel is halted. While the channel is halted, you
have 45 seconds to plug in the new hard disk. (Note: Since the operating system will timeout, the
channel cannot be halted longer). If you do not complete the hot plug procedure manually, the
channel will automatically start again after 45 seconds. After the successful completion of the hot
plug, the new physical drive appears in the physical configuration window. You can use it to build
a new host drive, replace a failed drive or expand an existing array drive. You should only use the
hot plug function with servers and/or subsystems which are designed and certified for hot plugging
of hard disks.
WARNING
If the new plugged-in hard disk contains valid host drive or array drive information, they will be
deleted when creating a new logical drive

Direct Access Devices

Direct access devices can be initialized and subsequently used for logical drives. The Intel RAID
Controller SRCMR caches the I/Os of these devices. Logical drives are the components of array
drives. These devices are represented in the physical configuration window in Figure 82 and in
Table 22.
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NOTE
If you want to change the media of a removable disk during operation, the media MUST NOT BE
INITIALIZED with StorCon or the StorCon+. Also, these devices have to be reserved
terms_reserve for the raw service. Thus, the removable disk is handled like a non-direct access
device.
Table 22.

Direct Access Device Icons

Icon Description
Physical Disk
Removable Disk
Double click on the processor icons (shown in Table 22) to get physical drive information (see
Figure 86). Right click on the icon to open SCSI Parameter/Initialize, Format Disk, Check Surface,
Deinitialize Disk, Progress Information, Lock Disk, Unlock Disk and Hot Plug: Remove Disk. See
Figure 86. The selections are described below.
Storage Console Plus
terms_logical_drive
. All data will be lost.
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