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Configuring and Managing RAID 87
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Perform the following steps to select the virtual disk parameters:
a
Press <Tab> to move the cursor to the parameters you want to
change.
b
Press the down arrow key to open the parameters and scroll down the
list of settings.
c
To change the stripe element size, press <Tab> to highlight
Stripe
Element Size
.
d
Press <Enter> to display the list of stripe element sizes (8 KB, 16 KB,
32 KB, 64 KB, 128 KB, 256 KB, 512 KB, and 1024 KB), then press the
down arrow key to highlight an option and press <Enter>. The
default is 64 KB.
e
Press <Tab> to move the cursor to the
Read Policy
to change it if
desired.
f
Press <Enter> to display the options,
No Read Ahead
,
Read Ahead
,
or
Adaptive Read Ahead
, then press the down arrow key to highlight
an option and press <Enter>.
g
Press <Tab> to move the cursor to the
Write Policy
to change it if
desired.
h
Press <Enter> to display the options,
Write Through
or
Write Back
,
and then press the down arrow key to highlight an option and press
<Enter>.
i
Press <Tab> to move the cursor to
Force WB with no battery
and
press <Enter>. If you chose
Write Through
as the write policy, then
this option is not available.
j
Press <Tab> to move the cursor to
Initialize
and press <Enter>.
NOTICE: Do not initialize virtual disks when attempting to recreate an existing
configuration.
NOTE: The initialization performed at this stage is fast initialization.
k
Press <Tab> to move the cursor to
Configure HotSpare
and press
<Enter>.
NOTE: The hot spare created at this stage is a dedicated hot spare.
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