Promise Technology EX8650A Manual De Usuario

SuperTrak EX Series User Manual

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Read Cache Policy – Choose from Read Cache, Read Ahead, or No 
Cache.

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Axle – RAID 50 and 60 logical drives only. Choose the number of axles 
or choose 0 to let the controller decide for you.

5.

Highlight Save Configuration and press Enter.
At this point you can create additional logical drives, if there is space 
remaining on your disk arrays. To create another logical drive, repeat steps 2 
though 5 above.

6.

Press the F10 key to exit the SuperBuild utility and press Y to confirm and 
restart the computer.
Do not press the Ctrl-Alt-Del keys. Do not press the Esc key.

Promise recommends that you Initialize your logical drives immediately after you 
create them. Initialization sets all data bits in the logical drive to zero, removing 
any residual data left behind from earlier configurations. You can also perform an 
Initialization on an existing logical drive.

1.

In the Main Menu, highlight Logical Drive Management and press Enter.
The Logical Drive Management screen displays.

2.

Highlight the logical drive you want to initialize and press Enter.

3.

Highlight Initialization Start and press Enter.
A message appears at the bottom of the screen.

4.

Choose one of the following actions:
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For a Full Initialization, press F.

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For a Quick Initialization, press Q.

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To cancel Initialization, press C.

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Promise recommends that you Initialize your logical drives 
immediately after you create them.

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You must be partition and format your new logical drives 
before your operating system will recognize them.

When you initialize a logical drive, you delete all data on the 
logical drive. Be sure to backup any important data before you 
initialize a logical drive!