Adaptec 2005S User Guide - Page 42

Step 3: Exploring Adaptec Storage Manager ● 41 When you select a component in the Enterprise View, the disk drives and logical drives ("devices") associated with it appear in the Physical and Logical Devices Views, as shown below. By selecting Controller 1 in the Enterprise View... ...the disk drives connected to Controller 1 and the logical drives created with those disk drives appear in the Physical and Logical Devices Views. You can perform most tasks by selecting a controller in the Enterprise view and working with its associated devices in the Physical and Logical Devices Views. Using Physical Devices View When you select a controller in the Enterprise View, information about the physical disk drives connected to that controller appear in the Physical Devices View. Controller 2 is connected to... ...eight disk drives. Disk drives designated as hot spares have plus signs (+) beside them: ● A blue plus sign (shown at right) means that the spare is protecting at least one logical drive. ● A hot spare with a yellow plus sign (shown at right) may not be large enough to protect the logical drive it's assigned to, or may not be assigned to a logical drive. See Working with Hot Spares on page 90 for more information.