Managing Disk Arrays (Clu) - Asus DS300j G2 Series User Manual

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Disk Array Management includes the following functions:
• Viewing a List of Disk Arrays (page 132)
• Creating a Disk Array (page 132)
• Deleting a Disk Array (page 134)
• Making Disk Array Settings (page 134)
• Viewing Disk Array Information (page 134)
• "Enabling Media Patrol, PDM, and Power Management on a Disk Array (CLU)" on page 135.
• Preparing the Disk Array for Transport (page 135)
• Rebuilding a Disk Array (page 135)
• Running PDM on a Disk Array (page 136)
• Running Transition on a Disk Array (page 136)
• Locating a Disk Array (page 136)
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To view a list of disk arrays:
From the Main Menu, highlight Disk Array Management and press Enter .
The list of disk arrays displays.
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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"
• 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"
• Advanced – Enables you to specify all parameters for a new disk array, logical drives and spare drives. See
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"Creating a Disk Array – Advanced"
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To create a disk array using the Automatic feature:
1. From the Main Menu, highlight Disk Array Management and press Enter .
2. Highlight Create New Array and press Enter .
3. Highlight Configuration Method and press the spacebar to toggle to Automatic .
4. Press Control-A to save your settings and move to the next screen.
5. Review the proposed configuration of disk array and logical drives.
• To accept the proposed configuration and create the disk array and
logical drives, highlight Save Configuration and press Enter .
• To reject the proposed configuration, highlight Cancel Array Configuration
and press Enter . You return to the Disk Arrays Summary screen.
To create a disk array with different characteristics, repeat the steps above specifying different param-
eters but choose the Express or Advanced option.
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To create a disk array using the Express feature:
1. From the Main Menu, highlight Disk Array Management and press Enter .
2. Highlight Create New Array and press Enter .
3. Highlight Configuration Method and press the spacebar to toggle to Express .
4. Highlight the following options and press to spacebar to choose Yes or No :
• Redundancy
• Capacity
• Performance
• Spare Drive
• Mixing SATA/SAS Drive
If you choose No, and you have both SATA and SAS drives, a separate array is created for each type
of drive.
5. Highlight Number of Logical Drives and press the backspace key to erase the current value, then enter the
number of logical drives you want.
6. Highlight Application Type and press the spacebar to toggle though the applications and choose the best
one for your disk array.
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