Dell PowerVault 775N (Rackmount NAS Appliance) - Manual (Page 41)

Vendor identifies the vendor on hardware objects.
The parameters for Volumes are as follows:
Name is the name of the object.
Status can vary, depending on the object. Common status conditions are Online, Healthy, and Resynching.
Layout identifies the object, such as Basic Primary Partition.
Disk Group shows an entry for disks in a basic or dynamic group.
Capacity is the maximum size of the disk.
Free Space is the amount of free hard-drive space still available.
Progress shows the current progress (percentage of completion) for tasks.
File System shows the type of file system.
Graphical Layout is a graphical representation of how much of the disk is being used.
The Events tab displays event log messages associated with storage objects.
The Disk View tab displays a graphical layout of the disks on your system, including CDs or other removable media.
The DM View tab is grayed-out on the Array Manager console.
Array Manager Common Tasks
This section provides a high-level description of the most common procedures performed using Array Manager. For more
information, see your Array Manager documentation.
Creating a New Volume
1. Create a RAID 5 virtual disk from the available pool of physical drives.
2. Write a signature to the disk created.
3. Upgrade the disk to dynamic.
4. Create a new volume on the upgraded disk.
5. Assign the next available drive letter, and then format the volume as an NT File System (NTFS).
NOTE: Your NAS system supports only NTFS partitions. Formatting all partitions as NTFS allows for advanced
features only available under that file system.
Deleting an Existing Volume
1. Select and delete the appropriate volume.
2. Revert the disk that contained the volume to a basic disk.
3. Determine the virtual disk that corresponds to the basic disk.
4. Delete that virtual disk.