Avago Technologies MegaRAID SATA 150-4 (523) - Manual (Page 12)

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Chapter 5 Start the Power Console Plus Utility
5.1
Quick Configuration Steps 5-1
5.2 Power Console Plus Overview 5-2
5.2.1 Power Console Plus Components 5-2
5.2.2 Features 5-3
5.2.3 Client System Requirements 5-4
5.2.4 MegaService Monitor 5-4
5.3 Installing the Power Console Plus Utility 5-5
5.3.1 Windows Installations 5-5
5.3.2 Deregistering and Reregistering under
the Power Console Plus Utility
5-11
5.4 Power Console Plus Interface Description 5-11
5.4.1 Power Console Plus Main Window Description 5-12
5.4.2 Power Console Plus Menus 5-14
5.4.3 Physical Drive Menu 5-16
5.4.4 Logical Drive Menu 5-17
5.4.5 Progress Menu 5-18
5.5 Configuring Arrays and Logical Drives 5-19
5.5.1 Starting the Power Console Plus Utility 5-19
5.5.2 Choosing an Adapter 5-20
5.5.3 Running the Configuration Wizard 5-20
5.5.4 Defining Logical Drives 5-22
5.5.5 Saving the Configuration 5-24
5.5.6 Initializing Logical Drives 5-25
5.5.7 Checking Rebuild Rate 5-25
5.5.8 Exiting the Power Console Plus Utility 5-25
5.6 Reclaiming Hot Spare Disks 5-25
5.7 Reconfiguring Existing Arrays 5-26
5.7.1 Adding a Physical Drive to an Existing Array 5-26
5.7.2 Removing a Physical Drive from an Array 5-26
5.8 Add Capacity Steps 5-27
Chapter 6 Virtual Sizing and Online Capacity Expansion
6.1 FlexRAID Virtual Sizing 6-1
6.2 Capacity Expansion under the Linux Operating System 6-2