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VTrak E-Class Product Manual
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The list of disk arrays appears.
3. Mouse-over the disk array you want and click the View button.
Array information displays, including:
• ID – DA0, DA1, DA2, etc.
• Alias – If assigned
• Operational Status – OK is normal
• Media Patrol – Enabled or disabled on this array
• PDM – Enabled or disabled on this array
• Total Capacity – Data capacity of the array
• Configurable Capacity – Maximum usable capacity of the array
• Free Capacity –Unconfigured or unused capacity on the physical drives
• Number of Physical Drives – The number of physical drives in this
array
• Number of Logical Drives – The number of logical drives on this array
• Max Contiguous Free Capacity – Unconfigured or unused capacity in
contiguous sectors on the physical drives
• Available RAID Levels – RAID levels you can specify on this array
Creating a Disk Array Manually
This feature creates a disk array only. You can also use the Wizard to create a
disk array with logical drives and spare drives at the same time.
This action requires Super User or Power User privileges.
To create a disk array:
1. Click the Storage tab.
2. Click the Disk Array icon.
3. Click the Create Disk Array button.
4. Accept the defaults or make changes:
• Enter an alias in the Alias field
Maximum of 32 characters; letters, numbers, space between
characters, and underline.
• Media Patrol – Uncheck to disable on this array.
For more information, see “Media Patrol” on page 259.
• PDM – Uncheck to disable on this array.
For more information, see “PDM” on page 259.
• Power management – Uncheck to disable on this array.