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Understanding the Selected Drive Icons, Viewing and Setting the Default Array Creation Properties

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Adaptec Storage Manager Pro User's Guide 9 Click OK to create the array as listed. Storage Manager Pro creates the array using your selections, and adds it to the System Browser window. The Build task may take several hours to complete, depending on the array type, size of the array, and the I/O load. See Viewing Task Progress on page 6-5. Before you can write data to the array, you need to first make the array available for use. See Making the Array Available for Use on page 2-13. Caution: If you click Cancel, the array creation process stops. To leave this dialog box and continue to create an array, click Back. Understanding the Selected Drive Icons When you select drives for your array in the Create Array or Reconfigure Array dialog boxes, Storage Manager Pro uses different icons to denote the new and already selected drives. Icon Definition Available drive New selected drive-drive that you just assigned to an array Selected drive-drive that was already assigned to an array Viewing and Setting the Default Array Creation Properties You can view and set the default array creation properties that Storage Manager Pro uses when you create arrays. You access the properties from the Create Array dialog box. 2-8

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2-8
Adaptec Storage Manager Pro User
’
s Guide
9
Click
OK
to create the array as listed.
Storage Manager Pro creates the array using your selections,
and adds it to the System Browser window. The Build task
may take several hours to complete, depending on the array
type, size of the array, and the I/O load. See
Viewing Task
Progress
on page 6-5.
Before you can write data to the array, you need to first make
the array available for use. See
Making the Array Available for
Use
on page 2-13.
Caution:
If you click
Cancel
, the array creation process
stops. To leave this dialog box and continue to create
an array, click
Back
.
Understanding the Selected Drive Icons
When you select drives for your array in the Create Array or
Reconfigure Array dialog boxes, Storage Manager Pro uses different
icons to denote the new and already selected drives.
Viewing and Setting the Default Array Creation
Properties
You can view and set the default array creation properties that
Storage Manager Pro uses when you create arrays. You access the
properties from the Create Array dialog box.
Icon
Definition
Available drive
New selected drive
—
drive that
you just assigned to an array
Selected drive
—
drive that was
already assigned to an array