Pegasus R6, R4 Product Manual
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Disk Array ID
– DA0, DA1, etc.
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Alias
– If assigned
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Operational Status
– OK, Degraded, or Offline
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Media Patrol
– Enabled or disabled on this array
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PDM
– Enabled or disabled on this array
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Total Physical Capacity
– Maximum capacity, including used and
unused capacity on the physical drives
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Configurable Capacity
– Data capacity of the array
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Free Capacity
– Unconfigured or unused capacity on the physical
drives
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Max. Contiguous Free Capacity
– A single chunk of used capacity on
the physical drives
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Number of Physical Drives
– The number of physical drives on this
array
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Number of Logical Drives
– The number of logical drives on this array
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Number of Dedicated Spares
– The number of spare drives dedicated
to this array
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Available RAID Levels
– RAID levels that this disk array can support
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.
To create a disk array:
1.
Do one of the following actions:
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From the Dashboard window, click the
Disk Array
link.
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From the Storage menu, choose
Disk Array
.
2.
Click the
Create Disk Array
button.
3.
Accept the defaults or make changes:
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Enter an alias in the
Alias
field
Maximum of 32 characters; letters, numbers, space between
characters, and underline.
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Media Patrol
– Uncheck to disable on this array.
For more information, see “Media Patrol” on page 73.
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PDM
– Uncheck to disable on this array.
For more information, see “PDM” on page 73.
4.
In the
Select Physical Drives
diagram, click the drives to add them to your
array.
