8 physical drive, 1 create pass-through disk, 2 modify pass-through disk – Areca ARC-8050T3U 6-Bay Thunder3 Desktop RAID Storage Array User Manual

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WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION

4.8 Physical Drive

Choose this option to select a physical disk from the main menu

and then perform the operations listed below.

4.8.1 Create Pass-Through Disk

To create pass-through disk, move the mouse cursor to the main

menu and click on the “Create Pass-Through” link. The relative

setting function screen appears. A pass-through disk is not con-

trolled by the RAID storage firmware; it can’t be a part of a vol

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ume set. The disk is available to the operating system as an indi-

vidual disk. It is typically used on a system where the operating

system is on a disk not controlled by the RAID firmware. The user

can also select the Volume Cache Mode, Write Protection, Tagged

Command Queuing, and SCSI channel/SCSI_ID/SCSI_LUN for

this pass-through disk.

4.8.2 Modify Pass-Through Disk

Use this option to modify the pass-through disk attribute. The

user can modify the Cache Mode, Tagged Command Queuing,

and SCSI Channel/ID/LUN on an existing pass-through disk. To

modify the pass-through drive attribute from the pass-through

drive pool, move the mouse cursor bar and click on the “Modify

Pass-Through” link. The “Select The Pass Through Disk For Modi-

fication” screen appears mark the check box for the pass-through

disk from the pass-through drive pool and click on the “Submit”

button to select drive.

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