Manage A New Array Screen; Manage Hot Spare; Synchronize Array; Activate Array - HP AH226A - Smart Array E500/256MB Controller RAID Support Manual

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Manage A New Array Screen

Manage Array is accessed by pressing Enter on the Manage Array field from the View Array
screen. This screen allows you to manage the current array.
The following actions are performed from the Manage Array screen:

Manage Hot Spare

By pressing Enter on Manage Hot Spare, the utility will display a hot spare management screen
that has same layout as the Create New Array screen. This field is grayed out under the following
conditions:
1. The array is inactive.
2. The array is at its maximum number of devices.
3. Non-IR firmware is used.
4. IR is disabled. The array is inactive.

Synchronize Array

Press Enter on Synchronize Array to perform a synchronization of the IM array. You will be
prompted to be sure you want to perform this action. Press Y for yes and N for no. This field is
grayed out under the following conditions:
1. The array is inactive.
2. The array does not need to be resynchronized.
3. The adapter's MPT Firmware does not support the feature.
4. Non-IR firmware is used.
5. IR is disabled. The array is inactive.

Activate Array

Press Enter on Activate Array to perform an activation of an IM array. You will be prompted to
be sure you want to perform this action. Press Y for yes and N for no.

Delete Array

Press Enter on Delete Array to perform the deletion of the currently displayed IM array. You
will be prompted to be sure you want to perform this action. Press Y for yes and N for no.
Identifier
Type
Scan Order
Size (MB)
Status
Wrg Intfc
Indicates whether device SMART is predicting device failure (Yes,
No).
Indicates the size of the device in megabytes (1 megabyte = 1024 x
1024 bytes = 1,048,576 bytes). If the device is part of a two-disk array,
this field will reflect the size of the array, not the size of the individual
disk. If the device is part of an array of three or more disks, this field
is the size that the disk makes up within the array. In arrays consisting
of different sized drives, excess space on larger drives will be
unusable.
Displays the identifier of this array.
Displays the RAID type.
Displays the scan order of the array.
Displays the size of this array.
Displays the status of this array.
Device interface (SAS) differs from existing IM
disks
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