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Drive states, Power console plus logical devices, Displaying adapter properties – Toshiba Magnia 560S User Manual

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Step 1 Start Power Console Plus

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Configuring Arrays and Logical Drives with Power Console Plus

Drive States

The state of each physical drive is shown to the right of the SCSI ID or array. Table
13.1 lists the physical drive states:

Table 13.1 Physical Drive States

Drive State

Code

Description

Online

ONLIN

The drive is online, is part of a configured logical
drive, and is functioning normally.

Ready

READY

The drive is functioning normally but is not part of
a configured logical drive and is not a hot spare.

Hot Spare

HOTSP

The drive is powered up and is ready to use. It is
available as a spare drive in case an online drive
fails.

Failed

FAILED

The drive is out of service because it failed.

Rebuilding

REBUILD

The drive is being rebuilt with data from a failed
drive.

Power Console Plus Logical Devices

The Logical Device window on the bottom half of the screen displays the current
adapter and the global hot spare pool for this adapter. All configured arrays, logical
drives, and hot spares can be displayed here.

Click on the Logical View button (on the right of the screen) to display the configured
logical drives. Click on Physical View to display the configured physical drives.

Displaying Adapter Properties

Click on the Adapter menu, then click on Properties to display the adapter properties.

Displaying Physical Drive Properties

Double-click on the icon that represents the physical drive to display the properties of
the selected physical drive.

Displaying Logical Drive Properties

Double-click on the icon that represents the logical drive to display the properties of the
selected logical drive.

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