VessRAID Setup - Promise Technology, Inc.

Managing Physical Drives
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Chapter 4: Management with WebPAM PROe
Managing Physical Drives deals with the physical disk drives installed in the
VessRAID subsystem enclosure, including the following functions:
• Viewing a List of Physical Drives (page 105)
• Identifying a Physical Drive (page 105)
• Making Global Physical Drive Settings (page 106)
• Viewing Physical Drive Information (page 106)
• Viewing Physical Drive Statistics (page 107)
• Making Physical Drive Settings (page 107)
• Clearing Stale and PFA Conditions (page 108)
• Forcing a Physical Drive Offline or Online (page 108)
• Locating a Physical Drive (page 109)
Viewing a List of Physical Drives
To view a list of physical drives in this enclosure:
1. Click the Subsystem icon in Tree View.
2. Click the Enclosures icon.
3. Click the Enclosure icon.
4. Click the Physical Drives icon.
The list of physical drives appears in Management View.
Identifying a Physical Drive
To identify physical drive in the VessRAID subsystem enclosure:
1. Click the Subsystem icon in Tree View.
2. Click the Enclosures icon.
3. Click the Enclosure icon.
4. Click the Physical Drives icon.
5. In Management View, click the physical drives in the graphic.
The location of the physical drive is highlighted in the Enclosure Front View
diagram.