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iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem
PD operations description:
Set Free disk
Make the selected hard drive to be free for use.
Set Global
spare
Set the selected hard drive to global spare of all RGs.
Set Dedicated
spares
Set hard drive to dedicated spare of selected RGs.
Upgrade
Upgrade hard drive firmware.
Disk Scrub
Scrub the hard drive.
Turn on/off
the indication
LED
Turn on the indication LED of the hard drive. Click again to
turn off.
More
information
Show hard drive detail information.
5.4.2 RAID Group
“RAID group” can view the status of each RAID group, create, and modify RAID groups. The
following is an example to create a RG.
Step 1: Click “Create”, enter “Name”, choose “RAID level”, click “Select PD” to
select PD, assign the RG’s “Preferred owner”. Then click “OK”. The “Write Cache”
option is to enable or disable the hard drives’ write cache option. The “Standby” option
is to enable or disable the hard drives’ auto spindown function, when this option is
enabled and hard drives have no access after certain period of time, the hard drives
automatically spin down. The “Readahead” option is to enable or disable the read
ahead function. The “Command queuing” option is to enable or disable the hard
drives’ command queue function.
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