Adaptec 29320A-R User Guide - Page 65

Creating Arrays

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Using the SCSISelect Utility to Manage Arrays s Dead-One drive in a RAID 0 array is in failed state or missing. s Building-the drive is a target of an ongoing Rebuild operation s Verifying-checking the data integrity of redundant data stored on fault-tolerant arrays Viewing Array To view an array, select the array and press Enter. A detailed view of the hard drives will appear. From this window you can see the status of the individual hard drives. The status you might see are: s Optimal-no defect s Building-the drive is a target of an ongoing Rebuild operation s Verify-checking the data integrity of redundant data stored on fault-tolerant arrays Missing drive information indicates that a member is missing and the array is not optimal Exiting the SCSISelect Utility To exit SCSISelect: 1 Press Esc until a message prompts you to exit (if you changed any settings, you are prompted to save the changes before you exit). 2 At the prompt, select Yes to exit. If prompted, press any key to restart the computer. Any changes you made in SCSISelect takes effect after the computer restarts. Creating Arrays Before creating the array, make sure the disks for the array are connected and installed in your system, then follow these steps: 1 Start SCSISelect (Ctrl-A). 2 Select Configure/View HostRAID Settings. 4-5

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Using the SCSISelect Utility to Manage Arrays
Dead
One drive in a RAID 0 array is in failed state or
missing.
Building
the drive is a target of an ongoing Rebuild
operation
Verifying
checking the data integrity of redundant
data stored on fault-tolerant arrays
Viewing Array
To view an array, select the array and press
Enter
. A detailed view
of the hard drives will appear. From this window you can see the
status of the individual hard drives. The status you might see are:
Optimal
no defect
Building
the drive is a target of an ongoing Rebuild operation
Verify
checking the data integrity of redundant data stored
on fault-tolerant arrays
Missing drive information indicates that a member is missing
and the array is not optimal
Exiting the SCSI
Select
Utility
To exit SCSI
Select
:
1
Press
Esc
until a message prompts you to exit (if you changed
any settings, you are prompted to save the changes before you
exit).
2
At the prompt, select
Yes
to exit. If prompted, press any key to
restart the computer. Any changes you made in SCSI
Select
takes
effect after the computer restarts.
Creating Arrays
Before creating the array, make sure the disks for the array are
connected and installed in your system, then follow these steps:
1
Start SCSI
Select (
Ctrl-A
).
2
Select
Configure/View HostRAID Settings
.