Contec SPI-8452-LLVA Manuale Utente
6. RAID Controller
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Viewing Drive Assignments
The View Drive Assignments <2> option in the Main Menu displays whether drives are assigned to a
disk arrays or are unassigned.
disk arrays or are unassigned.
Under the “Assignment” column, drives are labeled with their assigned disk array or shown as “Free” if
unassigned. Such “Free” drives can be used for a future array or used as a spare drive when a drive fails
in a mirrored array. Unassigned drives are not accessible by the OS. The menu also displays the data
transfer mode that relates to speed used by each drive (U5 refers to 100MB/sec transfers, U4 refers to
66MB/sec transfer, etc…)
unassigned. Such “Free” drives can be used for a future array or used as a spare drive when a drive fails
in a mirrored array. Unassigned drives are not accessible by the OS. The menu also displays the data
transfer mode that relates to speed used by each drive (U5 refers to 100MB/sec transfers, U4 refers to
66MB/sec transfer, etc…)
FastBuild (tm) Utility 1.xx (c) 1996-2001 Promise Technology, Inc.
[ View Drive Assignments ]
Channel:ID Drive Model Capacity(MB) Assignment Mode
1 : Mas QUANTUMCR8.4A 8063
Array 1 U5
1 : Sla QUANTUMCR8.4A 8063 Free U5
2 : Mas QUANTUMCR8.4A 8063
2 : Mas QUANTUMCR8.4A 8063
Array 1 U5
[ Keys Available ]
[
↑] Up [↓] Down [ESC] Exit Mode (U=UDMA, P=PIO, D=DMA)
Viewing Array
The Define Array <3> option in the Main Menu displays the define array.
FastBuild (tm) Utility 1.xx (c) 1996-2001 Promise Technology, Inc.
[Define Array Menu]
Array No RAID Mode Total Drv Capacity(MB) Status
Array 1 Stripe 2 16126
Functional
Array 2 —— —— — ——
Array 3 —— —— —— ——
Array 4 —— —— —— ——
Array 1 Stripe 2 16126
Functional
Array 2 —— —— — ——
Array 3 —— —— —— ——
Array 4 —— —— —— ——
[ Keys Available ]
Note: * — Bootable Array
[
↑] Up [↓] Down [ESC] Exit [Enter] Select [Space] Change Boot Drive