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Galaxy 65 User Guide
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6.1.1.1 Displaying All Devices
You can display a list of all connected devices. For more information about the fields that display for each
device, click Page Help near the bottom of the page.
Disk drives that are not members of any array are listed as Available. Drives that contain leftover
metadata from a previous array are listed as Leftover. This situation can arise if drives are removed and
reinserted or the drives failed temporarily and are not operating again. To clear leftover metadata, use
the Clear Metadata function. SeeAppendix Fsection F.1.2, ”Clearing Metadata from a Drive”, on
page 177.
To display all disk drives:
• From SAM, select
Monitor Galaxy 65 Subsystem > Status > Display All Devices
.
The Display All Devices page displays listing all connected devices.
6.1.1.2 Viewing Disk Drive Status
You can view the status of the drives in an array.
Note
If a disk drive has failed or malfunctioned, it may not be listed.
To view drive status:
1 From SAM, select Manage Galaxy 65 Subsystem > Status > Disk Drive Status.
The Disk Drive Status page displays listing all arrays.
2 Select the array whose disk drive status you want to see.
6.1.2 Clearing Metadata from a Disk Drive
All of the member disk drives in an array contain metadata in the first sectors. The Galaxy 65 Subsystem
uses the metadata to identify array members after restarting or replacing SMs.
You can clear the metadata if you have a disk drive that was previously a member of an array. Disk drives
in this state display Leftover in the Display All Devices page and in the Clear Metadata page. After you
clear the metadata, you can use the disk drive in an array or as a spare.
To clear metadata from a disk drive:
1 From SAM, select Manage Galaxy 65 Subsystem > Utilities > Disk Drive Utilities > Clear Metadata.
The Clear Metadata page displays listing all available and leftover disk drives.
2 Select the disk drive whose metadata you want to clear.
3 Click Clear Metadata from Selected Device.
You can now use this disk drive in an array or as a spare.