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Chapter 5: Management with the CLU

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Managing Disk Arrays

Disk Array Management includes the following functions:

• Viewing a List of Disk Arrays (page 229)

• Creating a Disk Array (page 229)

• Deleting a Disk Array (page 233)

• Making Disk Array Settings (page 233)

• Viewing Disk Array Information (page 234)

• Enabling Media Patrol, PDM, and Power Management on a Disk Array

(page 235)

• Preparing the Disk Array for Transport (page 236)

• Rebuilding a Disk Array (page 236)

• Running PDM on a Disk Array (page 237)

• Running Transition on a Disk Array (page 237)

• Locating a Disk Array (page 238)

Viewing a List of Disk Arrays

To view a list of disk arrays:

From the Main Menu, highlight Disk Array Management and press Enter.

The list of disk arrays displays.

Creating a Disk Array

The CLU provides three methods of creating a disk array:

• Automatic – Creates a new disk array following a default set of parameters.

Creates a hot spare drive for all RAID levels except RAID 0, when five or

more unconfigured physical drives are available. You can accept or reject

the proposed arrangement but you cannot modify it. See “Creating a Disk

Array – Automatic” on page 230.

• Express – You choose the parameters for a new disk array by specifying the

characteristics you want. You can create multiple logical drives at the same

time, however they are all identical. Creates a hot spare drive for all RAID

levels except RAID 0. See “Creating a Disk Array – Express” on page 231.

• Advanced – Enables you to specify all parameters for a new disk array,

logical drives and spare drives. See “Creating a Disk Array – Advanced” on

page 232.