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Maintenance
Overview
During the operational life of the array, you may require the use of maintenance
tools to manage your system. These are available from the Tools menu.
Get New Drives
This function performs a STARTDEV, INQUIRY, and GETDEVSTATE on each
drive position that is currently considered empty. If you have installed new
drives, you can run this function to identify the drive positions that now contains
drives, which can then be used in a pack.
To run Get New Drives:
Select Get New Drives from the Tools menu. The software displays a
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confirmation prompt. This function disrupts back end operations and could
take a while to run.
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Select YES at the "Examine Controller for Newly Installed Drives?" prompt
to proceed.
The software scans the channels for new disk drives and displays a window
showing any new drives found. When you press exit, the software adds the
newly identified drives, if any, to the Physical Drives window. The drives are
now available for use.
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