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SuperTrak TX Series User Manual
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Capacity – Data capacity of the logical drive in GB
RAID Level – Chosen when the logical drive was created.
Stripe Size – Chosen when the logical drive was created.
Sector Size – Chosen when the logical drive was created.
Disk Array ID – Consecutive number of the disk array to which this logical
drive belongs
Status – OK is normal. Can also show Critical or Offline.
3. Highlight Return to Previous Menu and press Enter.
Creating a Logical Drive
You must create a disk array before you can create a logical drive. See “Creating
a Disk Array” on page 71.
To create a logical drive:
1. In the Main Menu, highlight Logical Drive Management and press Enter.
The Logical Drive Management screen displays.
2. Highlight Create Logical Drive and press Enter.
The Create Logical Drive Step 1/2 screen appears.
3. Press the arrow keys to highlight a disk array. Then press the spacebar to
select the disk array.
An asterisk (*) appears at the left of the selected disk array.
Highlight Next Step and press Enter.
The Create Logical Drive Step 2/2 screen displays.
4. Press the arrow keys to highlight Logical Drive Name. Type a name for your
logical drive and press Enter.
5. Optional. You can change any of the following parameters or use the default
settings.
• To change the RAID Level, highlight RAID Level and press Enter.
In the popup menu, highlight your choice of RAID Level and press
Enter.
The available RAID Levels depend on the number of physical drives you
selected for your disk array.
• To use less than the full physical drive capacity for this logical drive,
highlight Capacity and type the new capacity in GB to allocate to this
logical drive.
Later, you can assign the unused capacity to additional logical drives.
• To change the Stripe Size, highlight Stripe Size and press Enter.
Highlight your choice of 64 KB or 128 KB and press Enter.