Administrator Guide

4 Click Manage Unassigned Disks.
The Manage Unassigned Disks dialog box opens.
5 From the Disk Folder drop-down menu, select a disk folder.
6 In the Select Unassigned Disks to Manage pane, select the disks to be assigned.
7 To schedule a RAID rebalance select one of the following options.
• To start a RAID rebalance after creating the disk folder, select Perform RAID rebalance immediately.
• To schedule a RAID rebalance for a later time, select Schedule RAID rebalance then select a date and time.
8 To skip the RAID rebalance, select I will start RAID rebalance later.
NOTE: To use all available space, perform a RAID rebalance.
9 Click OK.
Enable or Disable the Disk Indicator Light
The drive bay indicator light identies a drive bay so it can be easily located in an enclosure.
1 If you are connected to a Data Collector, select a Storage Center from the drop-down list in the left navigation pane.
2 From the SYSTEM menu, select Hardware.
The Hardware view is displayed.
3 Click the System tab.
4 In the System tab navigation pane, click Disks.
The Disks view is displayed.
5 In the right pane, select a disk and click Toggle Indicator.
The Toggle Indicator dialog box opens.
6 Click OK.
Release a Disk
Release a disk before removing it from an enclosure. The disk is fully released after performing a RAID rebalance.
About this task
NOTE
: Do not release disks from a disk folder unless the remaining disks have enough free space for the re-striped data.
Steps
1 If you are connected to a Data Collector, select a Storage Center from the drop-down list in the left navigation pane.
2 From the SYSTEM menu, select Hardware.
The Hardware view is displayed.
3 Click the System tab.
4 In the System tab navigation pane, expand the Storage Center and select Disks.
The Disks view is displayed.
5 In the disks table, select a disk and click Release Disk.
The Release Disks dialog box opens.
6 Schedule a RAID rebalance.
• To start a RAID rebalance after releasing the disk, select Perform RAID rebalance immediately.
• To schedule a RAID rebalance, select Schedule RAID rebalance then select a date and time.
7 To skip the RAID rebalance, select I will start RAID rebalance later.
8 Click OK.
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