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3.6 Working with Windows

3.6.3 Using the Physical Drives Window

The Physical Drives window is where you view and modify the
configuration of the controller and manage physical drives. This
window provides almost the same function as the Enclosure
window, using the same symbols and colors to represent various
drive conditions (for information about these symbols and
colors, see the previous section, Using the Enclosure Window).
The main difference between these two windows is in the way
they present the physical drives; the Enclosure window presents
the drives according to their actual locations in the drive bays,
while the Physical Drives window presents them based on the
connectors they connect onto.

To display the Physical Drives window, you can either click on
the Physical Drives command button or select the Physical
Drives
command from the Open menu. A window similar to the
following will appear on the screen:

Front Panel

SCSI Channel Icons

SCSI ID

Host Channel

Vacant Connector (double-click on connector to scan in a drive)

Failed Drive

Global Spare Drive

Local Spare Drive

Assigned/Normal
Drive

Unassigned Drive

Fault Bus Icon

Power Supply
Status

Fan Status

UPS Status

Temperature Status

Depending on the controller you are using, this window displays
either the front panel of a SCSI-to-SCSI controller or the card
layout of a PCI-to-SCSI controller. The front panel display

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