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4. Click the Logical Drives
icon
5. Click the Logical Drive icon.
To specify an Alias or set the Read and Write Policies, click the Settings tab.
Logical Drive Synchronization
Synchronization is an automatic procedure applied to logical drives when they are created. Yes means the
logical drive was synchronized.
logical drive was synchronized.
Adjustable Items
•
Alias
– Optional.
•
Read Policy
•
Write Policy
•
Preferred Controller ID
Viewing Logical Drive Statistics
To view information for a single logical drive:
1. Click the Subsystem
icon in Tree View.
2. Click the Disk Arrays
icon.
3. Click the Disk Array
icon.
4. Click the Logical Drives
icon
5. Click the Logical Drive icon.
6. In Management View, click on the dropdown menu on the Information tab and choose Statistics.
Managing Logical Drive Settings
To modify Logical Drive settings:
1. Click the Subsystem
icon in Tree View.
2. Click the Disk Arrays
icon.
3. Click the Disk Array
icon.
4. Click the Logical Drives
icon
5. Click the Logical Drive icon.
6. Click the Settings tab in Management View.
7. Optional. Enter an alias in the Logical Drive Alias field.
Maximum of 32 characters. Use letters, numbers, space between words, and underscore. An alias is
optional.
optional.
8. From the Read Policy dropdown menu, select a Read Cache policy.
The choices are Read Cache, Read Ahead, and No Cache.
9. From the Write Policy dropdown menu, select a Write Cache policy.
The choices are Write Back and Write Through (Thru). If you select No Read Cache, Write policy is
automatically Write Through.
automatically Write Through.
10. From the Preferred Controller ID dropdown menu, select the preferred controller to access this logical drive.
The choices are 1 and 2. This feature is only available on subsystems with two controllers and LUN Affinity
enabled. If N/A is shown, there is only one controller in the enclosure.
enabled. If N/A is shown, there is only one controller in the enclosure.
11. Click the Submit button.
Initializing a Logical Drive
Initialization is done to logical drives after they are created from a disk array. Initialization sets all data bits in the
logical drive to zero. The action is useful because there may be residual data the logical drives left behind from
earlier configurations. For this reason, Initialization is recommended for all new logical drives.
logical drive to zero. The action is useful because there may be residual data the logical drives left behind from
earlier configurations. For this reason, Initialization is recommended for all new logical drives.