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Chapter 5: Management with the CLU
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controller before reconditioning is finished, the battery is charged to 100%, then
reconditioning starts again.
Reconditioning a Battery
To recondition the subsystem battery:
1. From the Main Menu, highlight Subsystem Management and press Enter.
2. Highlight Enclosure Management and press Enter.
3. Highlight the enclosure you want and press Enter.
4. Highlight Batteries and press Enter.
5. Highlight the battery you want to recondition and press Enter.
6. Highlight Start Reconditioning and press Enter.
7. Press Y to confirm.
Reconditioning fully discharges, then fully recharges the battery. During
reconditioning, if the Adaptive Writeback Cache function is enabled, the
controller cache is set to Write Thru. After reconditioning, the cache is reset
to Write Back. See “Making Controller Settings” on page 177.
Locating an Enclosure
This feature helps you identify the physical VTrak enclosure you are working with
through the CLU.
1. From the Main Menu, highlight Subsystem Management and press Enter.
2. Highlight Enclosure Management and press Enter.
3. Highlight the enclosure you want and press Enter.
4. Highlight Locate Enclosure and press Enter.
The LEDs on the front of the VTrak will blink for one minute.
Viewing Enclosure Topology
This feature displays the connection topology of the VTrak subsystem. Topology
refers to the manner in which the data paths among the enclosures are
connected. There are three methods:
• Individual Subsystem – A single subsystem
• JBOD Expansion – Managed through one subsystem or head unit
• RAID Subsystem Cascading – Managed through one subsystem or head
unit
For more information about connections, see “Making Management and Data
Connections” on page 19.