Grass Valley Profile XP Aug 16 2004 - Manual (Page 88)

Chapter 3 Working with RAID Storage Using GVG Disk Utility
88 Profile XP System Guide 23 July 2004
The Binding LUN… dialog box opens showing all unbound disks for the
controller listed in the Available Disk list.
b. Select RAID 3 using the LUN TYPE drop-down box.
c. Select five contiguous disks, then click the add button to add them to the
Selected Disks list. (TIP: Use ‘shift-click’ or ‘control-click’ to select disks.)
NOTE: As an aid in identifying a disk module’s physical location, select it in the
Selected Disks list, then click
Identify Disks. This causes the disk drive LED to flash.
d. Click OK to close the Binding LUN… dialog box and begin the binding process.
The Progress Report dialog box opens, showing the status of the binding
process.
e. Repeat step a through step d for all unbound disks on all remaining controllers
displayed in the tree view.
NOTE: PFR500 and PFR600 controllers take less than a minute to bind a LUN,
but can bind only one LUN at a time. You must wait until binding is completed
before binding the next LUN. PFC500 and PFCR700 controllers take more than
an hour to bind a LUN, but allow multiple binding processes at the same time.