Locating a Drive

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Use this option to physically locate and identify one or more drives in a drive enclosure by activating drive indicator lights.

Procedure

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To physically locate a drive or drives, select the drives in the Physical View. Then, select either the Drive >> Locate >> Drive pull-down menu option, or Locate >> Drive from the right-mouse pop-up menu.

Result: The Locate Drive dialog is displayed. The indicator lights on the selected drives flash.

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When you have located the drives, select OK.

Result: The lights will stop flashing. If there are any other Locate operations (Locate Array, Locate Storage Subsystem, Locate Drive Channels, Locate Drive Enclosure) currently being invoked from another storage management station, these lights will also stop flashing.

Note: If the lights from the Locate Drive operation do not stop flashing, use the Stop All Indications option to stop the process manually.

How to Stop All Indicator Lights

Use the Stop All Indications option in the rare case when a Locate operation has not properly closed and the controller continues to flash the indicator lights on the storage subsystem drives. Normally, the indicator lights stop flashing when you select OK in the Locate Storage Subsystem, Locate Drive Channels, Locate Array, Locate Drive Enclosure, or Locate Drive dialogs.

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Either select the Storage Subsystem >> Locate >> Stop All Indications pull-down menu option, or use the right mouse button to select the storage subsystem in the Logical View and select Locate Stop All Indications from the pop-up menu.

Result: All indicator lights that were flashing because of any Locate operation will stop.

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If indicator lights are successfully stopped, a confirmation message is displayed. Select OK on this message box to close it.

Related Topics

Managing Drives

Locating an Array

Locating a Drive Enclosure

Locating Drive Enclosures on a Drive Channel

Locating a Storage Subsystem