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Infortrend RAID Controller Manual

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� Other Interfaces<br />

Other interfaces need to be connected to both controllers. For<br />

example, in the event of single controller failure, terminal<br />

emulation through the IFT-9535 cable will be continued by an<br />

existing controller without user's intervention.<br />

12.1.2 Grouping Hard Drives and<br />

System Drive Mapping<br />

A Logical Drive (logical configuration of drives) consists of a group of<br />

SCSI drives. Drives in one logical drive do not have to come from the<br />

same SCSI channel. Each logical drive can be configured a different<br />

<strong>RAID</strong> level and several logical drives can be used to compose a larger<br />

logical volume.<br />

Figure 12 - 3 Grouping Hard Drives<br />

Drive Channel 0<br />

4<br />

GB<br />

Drive Channel 1<br />

ID 5 ID 0 ID 3 ID 2<br />

4<br />

GB<br />

<strong>RAID</strong> 5<br />

8GB<br />

4<br />

GB<br />

Logical Drive 0<br />

4<br />

GB<br />

2<br />

GB<br />

ID 6 ID 1 ID 0 ID 14<br />

Global<br />

Spare<br />

Drive<br />

Redundant <strong>Controller</strong> 12-3<br />

2<br />

GB<br />

2<br />

GB<br />

2<br />

GB<br />

<strong>RAID</strong> 0<br />

6GB<br />

Logical Drive 1<br />

Local Spare<br />

Drive of LD1<br />

While grouping physical drives together, another drive can be<br />

assigned as the Local Spare Drive to one specified logical drive, or as<br />

the Global Spare Drive. A Local Spare is taken to rebuild one logical<br />

drive while a Global Spare participates in the rebuild of any logical<br />

drive in a <strong>RAID</strong> system.<br />

You may divide a logical drive into several partitions as diagrammed<br />

below, or use the entire logical drive as one single partition.

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