## Working with controllers and arrays during physical drives configuration

If you are unfamiliar with the tree icons, you might want to review the following information:

- The Main Tree icons and actions
- The Configuration Tree icons and actions

1. Click an item from the Main Tree (that is, the left panel).
2. Click Actions --> an action.

You can also drag and drop icons from the Main Tree to the Configuration Tree. The Actions menu only enables the appropriate actions for a selected item. These same actions are also available when you right-click an object in the Main Tree or Configuration Tree.

### The Main Tree icons and actions

The Main Tree icon: | What you can do with it:
System | Nothing.
Controller | Nothing.
Physical drives | Add all ready drives to new or existing array Displays a menu of the available arrays to which you can add the ready drives.
SCSI channel | Add all ready drives to new or existing array Displays a menu of the available arrays to which you can add the ready drives.
Ready drive | Create Hot spare Designates the ready drive as a hot-spare drive. Add to new or existing array Displays a menu of the available arrays to which you can add the ready drive.
New online drive | Remove from new array ? R emoves the new online drive from the new array.
New Hot spare | Delete new hot-spare drive Returns the new Hot spare to a ready drive.

### The Configuration Tree icons and actions

The Configuration Tree icon: | What you can do with it:
Controller | Nothing.
Arrays | Delete all new arrays Deletes all of the new arrays in the configuration.
New array ? | Delete new array ? Deletes the selected new array. Remove from spanned array ? Removes the selected array from the new spanned array.
New online | Remove from new array ? R emoves the new online drive from the new array.
New Hot spare | Delete new hot-spare drive Removes the hot-spare drive from the array and returns the new Hot spare to a ready drive.
Hot-spare drives | Delete all new hot-spare drives Removes all the hot-spare drives from the array and returns them to ready drives.