Working with controllers and arrays during physical drives configuration

If you are unfamiliar with the tree icons, you might want to review the following information:


  1. Click an item from the Main Tree (that is, the left panel).
  2. Click Actions --> an action.

You can also drag and drop icons from the Main Tree to the Configuration Tree. The Actions menu only enables the appropriate actions for a selected item. These same actions are also available when you right-click an object in the Main Tree or Configuration Tree.


The Main Tree icons and actions

The Main Tree icon: What you can do with it:
Controller System
Nothing.
Controller Controller
Nothing.
Physical drives Physical drives
Add all ready drives to new or existing array
Displays a menu of the available arrays to which you can add the ready drives.
Channel SCSI channel
Add all ready drives to new or existing array
Displays a menu of the available arrays to which you can add the ready drives.
Ready drive Ready drive
Create Hot spare
Designates the ready drive as a hot-spare drive.
Add to new or existing array
Displays a menu of the available arrays to which you can add the ready drive.
Online drive New online drive
Remove from new array ?
Removes the new online drive from the new array.
Hot-spare drive New Hot spare
Delete new hot-spare drive
Returns the new Hot spare to a ready drive.

The Configuration Tree icons and actions

The Configuration Tree icon: What you can do with it:
Controller Controller
Nothing.
Arrays Arrays
Delete all new arrays
Deletes all of the new arrays in the configuration.
Array New array ?
Delete new array ?
Deletes the selected new array.
Remove from spanned array ?
Removes the selected array from the new spanned array.
Online drive New online
Remove from new array ?
Removes the new online drive from the new array.
Hot-spare drive New Hot spare
Delete new hot-spare drive
Removes the hot-spare drive from the array and returns the new Hot spare to a ready drive.
Hot-spare drives Hot-spare drives
Delete all new hot-spare drives
Removes all the hot-spare drives from the array and returns them to ready drives.