Individual Initialization; Deleting Logical Drives (Random Array Deletion) - Dell PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller 3 User Manual

Individual Initialization

Choose Objects—> Logical Drive option from the Management
1
Menu.
Select the logical drive to be initialized.
2
Choose Initialize from the action menu.
3
Initialization progress appears as a bar graph on the screen.
When initialization completes, press any key to display the previous
4
menu.
Deleting Logical Drives (Random Array
Deletion)
This RAID controller supports random array deletion. Random array
deletion is the ability to delete any unwanted logical drives and use that
space for a new logical drive.
The main benefit of random array deletion on the configuration module is
that you are not restricted to sequential or contiguous logical drives when
you create logical drives. You can use non-contiguous segments to create
logical drives.
After you delete a logical drive, you can create a new one. You can use the
configuration utilities to create the next logical drive from the non-
contiguous free space ('holes'), and from the newly created arrays. The
configuration utility provides a list of configurable arrays where there is a
space to configure.
NOTICE: The deletion of the logical drive can fail under certain conditions.
Deletion can fail during a rebuild, initialization or check consistency of a
logical drive, if that drive has a higher logical drive number than the drive you
want to delete.
Perform the following steps to delete logical drives:
Choose Objects—> Logical Drive from the Management Menu.
1
The logical drives display.
Use the arrow key to highlight the logical drive you want to delete.
2
Press <F5> to delete the logical drive.
3
NOTE: For more
information about
random array deletion,
refer to page 99.
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