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Product Manual WebPAM PROe - System Conguration
disk ArrAy OPerAtiOnAl stAtus
• OK –Thisisthenormalstateofalogicaldrive.WhenalogicaldriveisFunctional,itisreadyforimmediate
use.ForRAIDLevelsotherthanRAID0(Striping),thelogicaldrivehasfullredundancy.
• Synchronizing –Thisconditionistemporary.Synchronizingisamaintenancefunctionthatveriesthe
integrityofdataandredundancyinthelogicaldrive.WhenalogicaldriveisSynchronizing,itfunctionsand
yourdataisavailable.However,accessisslowerduetothesynchronizingoperation.
• Critical/Degraded – This condition arises as the result of a physical drive failure. A degraded logical
drivestillfunctionsandyourdataisstillavailable.However,thelogicaldrivehaslostredundancy(fault
tolerance). You must determine the cause of the problem and correct it.
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Rebuilding –Thisconditionistemporary.Whenaphysicaldrivehasbeenreplaced,thelogicaldrive
automatically begins rebuilding in order to restore redundancy (fault tolerance). When a logical drive is
rebuilding,itfunctionsandyourdataisavailable.However,accessisslowerduetotherebuildingoperation.
• Transport Ready  – After you perform a successful Prepare for Transport operation, this condition
means you can remove the physical drives of this disk array and move them to another enclosure or
differentdriveslots.Afteryourelocatethephysicaldrives,thediskarraystatusshowsOK.
CreatiNg a disk array MaNually
This feature creates a disk array only. You can also use the Wizard to create a disk array with logical drives and
spare drives at the same time.
This action requires Super User or Power User privileges.
To create a disk array:
1. Click the Storage tab.
2. Click the Disk Array icon.
3. Click the Create Disk Array button.