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. Select an action from the Actions menu.

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.
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.