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Physical drive management (clu), Viewing a list of physical drives (clu), Making global physical drive settings (clu) – Promise Technology 2-Year Extended Warranty for VessR2000 RAID Head User Manual

Page 460: Hysical, Rive, Anagement, Clu), Iewing, Rives, Clu) 433

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Physical Drive Management includes the following functions:

“Viewing a List of Physical Drives (CLU)” on page 433

“Making Global Physical Drive Settings (CLU)” on page 433

“Viewing Physical Drive Information (CLU)” on page 435

“Setting an Alias (CLU)” on page 435

“Clearing Stale and PFA Conditions (CLU)” on page 436

“Forcing a Physical Drive Offline (CLU)” on page 437

“Locating a Physical Drive (CLU)” on page 438

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To view a list of physical drives:

From the Main Menu, highlight

Physical Drive Management

and press

Enter

.

The list of physical drives displays.

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All physical drive settings are made globally, except for setting an alias, which applies to individual drives.

To make global physical drive settings:

1. From the Main Menu, highlight

Physical Drive Management

and press

Enter

.

2. Highlight

Global Physical Drives Settings

and press

Enter

.

3. Change the following settings as required.

For SATA drives:

• Highlight

Write Cache

and press the spacebar to toggle between

Enabled

and

Disabled

.

• Highlight

Read Look Ahead Cache

and press the spacebar

to toggle between

Enabled

and

Disabled

.