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SuperTrak SX6000™ User Manual Chapter 3

Capacity (MB)

The values in this column reflect the total capacity in MB (megabytes) for that

array.

Status

This column displays the state information for each array. Status definitions

can be found at the beginning of Section 0.

Define Array Definition Menu

Selecting an Array # from the “Define Array Menu” brings up the “Define Array

Definition Menu” screen (see Figure 8 below).

You must first assign the type of “RAID Level” you want. In the “Define Array Definition

Menu” section, use the [Spacebar] to cycle through array types: RAID 0 (Striping), RAID

1 (Mirroring), RAID 3 (Stripe Data + Parity), RAID 5 (Data/Parity Striping) or JBOD

(Spanning). See Chapter 5 about RAID levels.

NOTE: Promise recommends the use of identical drives when creating a new array for

best results.

[ Define Array Definition Menu ]

Array No

Array 1

Stripe Block:

RAID Level

RAID 5

64 KB

Status

Functional

Gigabyte Boundary: ON

[ Keys Available ]

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[ Drive Assignments ]

Channel ID

1:Master

2:Master

3:Master

4:Master

5:Master

6:Master

Drive Model

MAXTOR87000A8

Capacity (MB)

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Assignment

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Total Drv

Initialize Array: ON

Figure 8 Define Array Definition Menu screen

Initialize Array

This writes zeroes and calculates parity throughout the entire array. This option is only

available for fault tolerant arrays (RAID 1, 0+1, 3, and 5). For maximum data integrity,

Promise recommends to initialize all fault tolerant arrays.

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