Promise Technology VessRAID 1740s User Manual

Contents
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Chapter 4: Management with WebPAM PROe, cont.
Managing Physical Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
Viewing a List of Physical Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
Identifying a Physical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
Making Global Physical Drive Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
Viewing Physical Drive Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
Viewing Physical Drive Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
Making Physical Drive Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
Clearing Stale and PFA Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
Forcing a Physical Drive Offline or Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
Locating a Physical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
Managing Disk Arrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98
Viewing Disk Arrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98
Creating a Disk Array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98
Creating a Disk Array – Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
Creating a Disk Array – Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Creating a Disk Array – Advanced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Deleting a Disk Array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Viewing Disk Array Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Making Disk Array Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
Creating a Logical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
Deleting a Logical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Migrating a Disk Array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Rebuilding a Disk Array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Running Media Patrol on a Disk Array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
Running PDM on a Disk Array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
Transitioning a Disk Array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
Preparing a Disk Array for Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Managing Logical Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
Viewing Information for All Logical Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
Viewing Logical Drive Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Viewing Logical Drive Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Making Logical Drive Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Initializing a Logical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Running Redundancy Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Viewing the Logical Drive Check Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Making Logical Drive LUN Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116

Promise Technology VessRAID 1740s Specifications

General

Brand	Promise Technology
Model	VessRAID 1740s
Category	Network Storage Server
Language	English