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5.1.2.2.1 Physical Resources Tab
The Physical Resources tab contains the following entities:
 The XStack Storage unit ( ).
 The physical drives attached to the XStack Storage ( ).
 The Ethernet ports on the XStack Storage ( ). To enhance viewing, the port icons are color
coded (black = link is down, green = link is up).
5.1.2.2.2 Logical Resources Tab
The Logical Resources tab contains the following entities:
 Unusable Collection ( ). Shows drives that have been pulled out of the XStack Storage
unit. Initializing a drive in this location moves the drive to the Available Pool to rebuild a
volume if necessary.
 Blade A Base Pool ( ). Shows volumes that have been created ( ) and drives ( ).
 Available Pool ( ). Shows the available drives ( ) that can be added to the storage pool.
The first time the system starts, all drives appear in the Available Pool.
 Target Resources. Shows the network entities ( ) and Link Aggregation Groups (LAGs) ( )
that have been created.
 Initiator Resources. Shows the iSCSI initiators ( ) that have been created.
5.1.2.3 Main Display Area
Some items in the Physical Resources and Logical Resources tabs have storage or system
information associated with them. When you click such an item, the storage or system
information is displayed in one or more “tabbed” screens in the main display area. The tabbed
screens resemble index cards. If you click the top XStack Storage item in the left pane of either
the Physical Resources tab, for example, four tabs appear in the main display area (see
Figure
5-6). You can then click the tab to view the information on it.
For more information about the screens that can appear in the main display area, refer to
Chapter 6.