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Adding/Deleting Hotspares, Managing Bootable Arrays and Devices, Configuring Disk Drives

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Appendix B: Using the ARC Utility ● 56 Enabling/Disabling Write Cache To Enable/Disable Write Cache for an array: 1 From the Main menu, select Manage Arrays. 2 From the List of Arrays, select the array you want to modify the Write Cache setting for, then press Ctrl+W. A confirmation dialog appears to modify setting. Press Y to change the current Write Cache setting. Note: Write Cache is disabled by default when creating all array types. The disk operation may be very slow with Write Cache off. Adding/Deleting Hotspares Select the Add/Delete Hotspares option to add, delete, or view hot spares. 1 From the ACU menu, select Add/Delete Hotspares. 2 Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight the disk you want to designate as a hot spare, then select Insert>Enter. 3 Press Yes when the following prompt is displayed: Do you want to create spare? (Yes/No) The Spare you have selected appears in the Selected Drive menu. Managing Bootable Arrays and Devices Select the Manager Boot Unit option to add or remove a bootable array or single drive. 1 From the ACU menu, select Manage Boot Unit. 2 Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight the array or single drive you want to designate as a bootable device, then select Insert>Enter. Configuring Disk Drives ! Caution: ● If the drive is used in an array, you may not be able to use the array again. Do not configure a drive that is part of a boot array. To determine which drives are associated with a particular array, see Viewing Array Properties on page 55. ● The partition table on the disk will be deleted when deleting a simple volume. ● Arrays can be created using simple volume. However, existing partitions in the simple volume would be erased. Note: Configuring disk drives makes a simple volume. A simple volume can be managed like normal arrays by using the Manage Arrays option on your Main menu. To configure drives: 1 From the menu, select Configure Drives. 2 Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight the disk you wish to configure, then press Insert. 3 Repeat Step 2 if you want to add another drive to be configured.

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Appendix B: Using the ARC Utility
●
56
Enabling/Disabling Write Cache
To Enable/Disable Write Cache for an array:
1
From the Main menu, select
Manage Arrays
.
2
From the List of Arrays, select the array you want to modify the Write Cache setting for,
then press
Ctrl+W
. A confirmation dialog appears to modify setting. Press
Y
to change the
current Write Cache setting.
Note:
Write Cache is disabled by default when creating all array types. The disk operation
may be very slow with Write Cache off.
Adding/Deleting Hotspares
Select the
Add/Delete Hotspares
option to add, delete, or view hot spares.
1
From the ACU menu, select
Add/Delete Hotspares
.
2
Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight the disk you want to designate as a hot spare,
then select
Insert>Enter
.
3
Press
Yes
when the following prompt is displayed:
Do you want to create spare? (Yes/No)
The Spare you have selected appears in the Selected Drive menu.
Managing Bootable Arrays and Devices
Select the
Manager Boot Unit
option to add or remove a bootable array or single drive.
1
From the ACU menu, select
Manage Boot Unit
.
2
Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight the array or single drive you want to
designate as a bootable device, then select
Insert>Enter
.
Configuring Disk Drives
Caution:
●
If the drive is used in an array, you may not be able to use the array again. Do not
configure a drive that is part of a boot array. To determine which drives are associated
with a particular array, see
Viewing Array Properties
on page 55
.
●
The partition table on the disk will be deleted when deleting a simple volume.
●
Arrays can be created using simple volume. However, existing partitions in the simple
volume would be erased.
Note:
Configuring disk drives makes a simple volume. A simple volume can be managed
like normal arrays by using the Manage Arrays option on your Main menu.
To configure drives:
1
From the menu, select
Configure Drives
.
2
Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight the disk you wish to configure, then press
Insert
.
3
Repeat
Step 2
if you want to add another drive to be configured.
!