Managing Physical Drives; Viewing A List Of Physical Drives; Identifying A Physical Drive; Making Global Physical Drive Settings - Promise Technology VTRAK E610f Product Manual

VTrak E-Class Product Manual

Managing Physical Drives

Managing Physical Drives deals with the physical disk drives installed in the
VTrak subsystem enclosure, including the following functions:
• Viewing a List of Physical Drives (page 116)
• Identifying a Physical Drive (page 116)
• Making Global Physical Drive Settings (page 116)
• Viewing Physical Drive Information (page 117)
• Viewing Physical Drive Statistics (page 118)
• Making Physical Drive Settings (page 118)
• Clearing Stale and PFA Conditions (page 119)
• Forcing a Physical Drive Offline or Online (page 119)

Viewing a List of Physical Drives

To view a list of physical drives in this enclosure:
1. Click the Subsystem
2. Click the Enclosures
3. Click the Enclosure
4. Click the Physical Drives
The list of physical drives appears in Management View.

Identifying a Physical Drive

To identify physical drive in the VTrak subsystem enclosure:
1. Click the Subsystem
2. Click the Enclosures
3. Click the Enclosure
4. Click the Physical Drives
5. In Management View, click the physical drives in the graphic.
The location of the physical drive is highlighted in the Enclosure Front View
diagram.

Making Global Physical Drive Settings

Global settings apply to all of the physical disk drives installed in the VTrak
subsystem enclosure. To make global physical drive settings:
1. Click the Subsystem
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