VTrak E-Class Product Manual - Promise Technology, Inc.

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Chapter 4: Management with WebPAM PROe
However, the logical drive has lost redundancy (fault tolerance). You must
determine the cause of the problem and correct it.
• Offline – This condition arises as the result of a second physical drive failure.
An Offline logical drive is not accessible but some or all of your data may
remain intact. You must determine the cause of the problem and correct it.
• Transport Ready – After you perform a successful Prepare for Transport
operation, this condition means you can remove the physical drives of this
disk array and move them to another enclosure or different drive slots. After
you relocate the physical drives, the disk array status will show OK.
To create a logical drive, see “Creating a Logical Drive” on page 127.
To delete a logical drive, see “Deleting a Logical Drive” on page 129.
For a Degraded or Offline logical drive, see “Critical & Offline Disk Arrays” on
page 289.
Viewing Logical Drive Information
To view information for a single logical drive:
1. Click the Subsystem icon in Tree View.
2. Click the Disk Arrays icon.
3. Click the Disk Array icon.
4. Click the Logical Drives icon
5. Click the Logical Drive icon.
To specify an Alias or set the Read and Write Policies, click the Settings tab.
Logical Drive Status
See “Logical Drive Status” on page 134.
Logical Drive Synchronization
Synchronization is an automatic procedure applied to logical drives when they
are created. Yes means the logical drive was synchronized.
Adjustable Items
• Alias – Optional
• Read Policy
• Write Policy
• Preferred Controller ID
See “Making Logical Drive Settings” on page 136.