Making Disk Array Settings; Creating A Logical Drive - Promise Technology VTRAK E610f Product Manual

• Media Patrol – Enabled or disabled.
• PDM – Enabled or disabled.
See "Making Disk Array Settings" on page 127.

Making Disk Array Settings

To make Disk Array settings:
1. Click the Subsystem
2. Click the Disk Arrays
3. Click the Disk Array
4. Click the Settings tab in Management View.
5. Optional. Enter an alias in the Disk Array Alias field.
Maximum of 32 characters. Use letters, numbers, space between words,
and underscore. An alias is optional.
6. To enable Media Patrol support, check the Media Patrol box.
7. To enable PDM support, check the PDM box.
8. Click the Submit button.

Creating a Logical Drive

When you create a disk array, you automatically create one logical drive also. If
the initial logical drive used less than the full capacity of the disk array, you can
create additional logical drives from the same disk array.
To create a logical drive:
1. Click the Subsystem
2. Click the Disk Arrays
3. Click the Disk Array
4. Click the Create LD tab in Management View.
5. Enter an alias (name) in the Alias field.
Maximum of 32 characters. Use letters, numbers, space between words,
and underscore. An alias is optional.
6. From the RAID Level dropdown list, select a RAID level for this logical drive.
All RAID levels supported by the disk array appear in the list. See "Choosing
a RAID Level" on page 242.
7. RAID 50 and 60 only – Specify the number of axles for your array.
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