HP NetRAID 1Si Controller - Manual (Page 24)

Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant
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Logical Devices box: The Logical Devices box shows the current adapter
and its global hot spare pool. When arrays, logical drives, and hot spares
have been defined, they are displayed here. Clicking on Logical View or
Physical View switches between showing logical drives and physical
drives. Clicking on the + sign in the yellow diamond expands the view if it
is collapsed (physical or logical drives, or hot spares are hidden).
The possible states of a logical drive are as follows:
◊ Online: All participating physical disks are online.
◊ Degraded: (Critical) A single physical disk in a redundant array (not
RAID 0) in not online. Data loss may result if a second physical disk
fails.
◊ Offline: Two or more physical disks in a redundant array (not RAID 0)
or one or more physical disks in a RAID 0 array are not online.
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Status line: The status line at the bottom of the window shows the
progress of the scan required to build the displays on the HP NetRAID
Assistant window. It also suggests possible actions.
B HP NetRAID Assistant Menu
HP NetRAID Assistant offers several menu options to assist you in configuring
and monitoring RAID systems. The menu options are listed below in the order
they appear on the HP NetRAID Assistant menu bar:
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The Configuration menu lets you create, display, print, clear, and save
your configuration of arrays and logical drives.
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The Adapter menu lets you view and change settings specific to each
adapter or integrated HP NetRAID controller.
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The Physical Drive menu lets you rebuild, format, view properties, or
change the status of a physical drive.
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The Logical Drive menu lets you initialize, check consistency, view
properties, and change the status of a logical drive.
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The Progress menu lets you view various utility monitors.
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The Help menu provides additional instructions about HP NetRAID
Assistant.