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Chapter 4. Managing ServeRAID devices
Configuring ServeRAID controllers and enclosures in the
Configuration wizard
Configuring an enclosure: the basic steps
The following steps are an overview of the enclosure configuration process:
1. In the Enterprise view, click
(enclosure) that you want to configure.
2. In the Logical devices view, click
; or click
on the toolbar. The
Configuration wizard opens.
3. Select the physical drives that you want to include in your arrays or create as
hot-spare drives.
4. Define the logical drives for your arrays.
5. Define the authentication method for each logical drive (iSCSI initiators only).
6. Define the initiators that can access the enclosure.
7. Assign logical drives to initiators.
8. Review the configuration summary.
9. Click Apply. The ServeRAID Manager will configure the controller and
synchronize the logical drives.
More information
v Configuring RAID
Configuring ServeRAID SCSI controllers (ServeRAID series 3,
4, 5, 6, and 7K)
Choosing between Express and Custom configuration
Note: If you intend to use your ServeRAID controllers in a Microsoft Windows
failover or clustering environment, review the ServeRAID publications
before configuring ServeRAID.
In the Configuration wizard, you can choose from two paths to configure your
ServeRAID subsystem:
v Click Express configuration for a quick and easy path for you to automatically
configure your ServeRAID controller. This path creates the most efficient
ServeRAID configuration based on the number and capacity of the ready
physical drives available in your system. If four or more ready drives of the
same capacity are available, this choice also will define a hot-spare drive.
Express configuration does the following:
– Creates arrays by grouping together same-sized physical drives.
– Creates one logical drive per array up to 2 terabytes (TB) maximum.
– Assigns a RAID level based on the number of physical drives in an array:
- An array with a single physical drive is assigned RAID level-0.
- An array with two physical drives is assigned RAID level-1.
- An array with three or more physical drives is assigned RAID level-5.
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