Selecting a logical device and
clicking Properties dispaysthe following tabs: Logical Drive and Cache Settings.
The
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Status—Possible values are Quick
Init, Impacted,
Degraded,
Failed,
Offline, and Optimal (the 'everything is good' state).
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Array name—This
is a modifiable field that displays the name assigned to this array at
creation. You can click in the array name field and rename the array using any
unique combination of up to 15 standard ASCII characters.
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Type—The RAID level or
volume type of the selected array.
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Capacity—The physical
capacity of the selected array in gigabytes with the number of blocks in
parenthesis.
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Stripe Size—Where
applicable, the stripe size of the selected array.
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Hot spare—Indicates,
for redundant arrays, if a hot spare protects the selected array.
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Logical drive number—A number assigned to the selected array by the controller.
This number is only used by the controller.
Note: If the system is booting from the
controller that this array is connected to, the lowest number array (typically
array 0) is the boot device. ACU
provides an option to select any array and make it the boot device. If you
choose to do so, the array you choose to make the boot device becomes array 0.
This action may result in the renumbering of other arrays.
The Cache Settings
tab duplicates the options presented in the advanced version of the Create
Array wizard. You can choose to modify the settings for both read and write
cache.
Write cache can be set to disable,
enable always, or (if the controller is fitted with a battery) enable when
protected.
Read cache can be enabled or
disabled.