| Selection |
Program
Response |
| Help
|
Provides
additional information |
| View
configuration: |
Displays
the existing disk array configuration |
| Create/delete array: |
Selects the
drives, defines a hot-spare drive for an array you want
to create, or to deletes an existing
array.
This
selection also has choices for defining a logical drive
and formatting a drive. |
Initialize/synchronize
array: |
Select this choice after creating an
array to:
- Set the drive to a predetermined
value.
- For
proper operation of RAID levels 1 and 5.
Note: Any data existing on
the drive is overwritten with zeros, and the
corresponding parity information is initialized to the
correct value.
- Initialize more than one
logical drive at a time.
- Interrupt the initialization
process at any time by pressing Esc.
- Restart the initialization
process by pressing Enter
- End the process by pressing
Esc again. |
| Synchronize
logical
drive |
Recomputes
and rewrites the parity data on the drive. You can
select this choice to recompute parity data for RAID
levels 1 and 5. This selection does not alter data on
the drive. The synchronization process can be done on
multiple
logical drives. |
| Rebuild
device: |
Rebuilds
logical drives. The rebuild operation is supported only
for RAID levels 1 and 5. |
| Advanced
functions: |
Changes the
write policy (the way data is written to the drive), to
saves your configuration information to a diskette,
restores it from a diskette, or changes RAID parameters.
This choice also allows you to do a low-level
format. |
| Drive
information: |
Displays
information about the SCSI devices (hard disk, CD-ROM,
tape, and so on) connected to the RAID
adapter. |
| Exit: |
Leaves the
Main
Menu. |
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