Creating A Logical Drive - Promise Technology VessRAID 1740s Product Manual

To locate a disk array:
1. From the Main Menu, highlight Disk Array Management and press Enter.
2. Highlight the disk array you want and press Enter.
3. Highlight Locate Disk Array and press Enter.
The disk status LEDs for the physical drives in the disk array blink for one
minute.
Figure 6. Disk Status LED

Creating a Logical Drive

You can create logical drives on existing disk arrays if there is available space in
the array. For more information on the choices below, see "Chapter 8:
Technology Background" on page 217.
To create a logical drive from an existing disk array:
1. From the Main Menu, highlight Disk Array Management and press Enter.
2. Highlight the disk array in which you want to create a logical drive and press
Enter.
3. Highlight Create New Logical Drive and press Enter.
The Disk Array ID number and Maximum capacity available for the new
logical drive are displayed.
4. Highlight the following parameters and press the backspace key to erase the
current value:
• Alias – Type an alias into the field, if desired. Maximum of 32
characters. Use letters, numbers, space between words and
underscore.
• Capacity – Maximum capacity shown. Enter a smaller capacity if
desired.
5. Highlight the following parameters and press the spacebar to toggle though
the available choices:
• Stripe size – Press the spacebar to choose: 64 KB, 128 KB, 256 KB,
512 KB, or 1 MB
• Sector size – Press the spacebar to choose: 512 B; 1 KB, 2 KB, or 4 KB
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Disk Status