Western Digital WD Serial ATA RAID Controller - Easybuild Options and Features; Viewing Drive Array Assignments

WD SERIAL ATA RAID CONTROLLER
EASYBUILD OPTIONS AND FEATURES - 19
USER MANUAL
EasyBuild Options and Features
Viewing Drive Array Assignments
EasyBuild can be used to display an array's status, which drives are assigned to an array, and
array information.
The View Drive Assignments option (2) in the Main Menu displays whether drives are
assigned to a disk array or are unassigned. Under the Assignment column, drives are labeled
with their assigned disk array or shown as Free if unassigned. Unassigned drives are not
accessible by the OS. The menu also displays the data transfer mode that relates to speed used
by each drive (U5 refers to 100 MB/sec transfers, U4 refers to 66 MB/sec transfers, etc.)
Note: The WD SATA RAID Controller will display SATA drive(s) as a U6 transfer mode
(133 MB/sec.) which is incorrect. This does not mean that the drive(s) are running in ATA
133 mode. The controller is not setup for displaying the drive(s) as ATA 150 or 150 MB/sec.
because there is not a specification for this transfer speed to date. The drive(s) will work at
their correct speed of 150 MB/sec while being displayed incorrectly.
To access the Assignments for the drives attached to the controller, follow the steps in this section.
1. Boot the computer and press the CTRL+A keys to display the FastBuild Utility Main Menu.
2. Press 2 to View Drive Assignments. The screen below displays. Here, you can see that
there are two WD 74 GB drives connected that have been assigned to
"Array 1."
EasyBuild(tm) Utility 2.xx (c)2003 Western Digital
Technologies, Inc.
[Main Menu]
Auto Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . [1]
View Drive Assignments . . . . . . [2]
Define Array . . . . . . . . . . . [3]
Delete Array . . . . . . . . . . . [4]
Rebuild Array . . . . . . . . . . [5]
[Keys Available]
Press 1...5 to Select Option [ESC] Exit
EasyBuild(tm) Utility 2.xx (c)2003 Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
[View Drive Assignments]
Channel:ID Drive Model Capacity(MB) Assignment Mode
1 : WD740GD-00DAC3 74025 Array 1 U
2 : WD740GD-00DAC3 74025 Array 1 U
3 :
4 :
[Keys Available]
[
↑] Up [↓] Down [ESC] Exit Mode (U=UDMA, D=DMA)
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