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VTrak M-Class Product Manual
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6. Click on the Settings tab in Management View.
7. Type an alias into the Physical Drive Alias field.
Maximum of 32 characters. Use letters, numbers, space between words
and underscore. An alias is optional.
8. Click the Submit button.
Clear Physical Drive Conditions
The Physical Drive–Clear tab enables you to clear certain conditions from a
physical drive. The Clear tab only appears when those conditions are present.
• Stale – The physical drive contains obsolete disk array information.
• PFA – The physical drive has errors resulting in a prediction of failure.
To clear a Stale or PFA status from a physical drive:
1. Click the Subsystem icon in Tree View.
2. Click on the Enclosures icon.
3. Click on the Enclosure icon.
4. Click on the Physical Drives icon.
5. Click on a Physical Drive icon.
6. In Management View, click on the Clear tab.
7. In the Confirmation box, click OK to confirm.
Force a Physical Drive Offline/Online
The Physical Drive–Force Offline/Online tab enables you to force an:
• Online physical drive to go Offline
• Offline physical drive to go Online
Note
Be sure you have corrected the condition by a physical drive
replacement, rebuild operation, etc., first. Then clear the condition
in the GUI.
Note
If a physical drive has both a Stale and a PFA condition, click the
Clear tab once to clear the Stale condition, then click again to clear
the PFA condition.