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5. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for each additional array or hot-spare drive that you want
to configure.
6. If you do not want to create a spanned array, skip to step 6. Otherwise, select
the Span arrays check box
. Then, click Next. If you created two
arrays only, the ServeRAID Manager uses those arrays to create the spanned
array; continue to step 6. Otherwise, the Create Spanned Arrays window opens.
Note:
To create a spanned array, each array must have the same number of
physical drives.
7. After you select the ready drives for your arrays and hot-spare drive, click
Next. The Create Logical Drives window opens.
To return to the Express and Custom Configuration window, click Back. To leave
the Configuration wizard, click Cancel.
More information
v Understanding creating basic arrays
v Example: Express configuration
v Creating spanned arrays
v Understanding creating spanned arrays
v Configuring the ServeRAID controller: the basic steps
Creating spanned arrays
If you want to assign RAID level-x0 to an array, you must create a spanned array.
Note: Spanned arrays are supported only by IBM ServeRAID-4 Ultra160,
ServeRAID-5i Ultra320, ServeRAID-6M Ultra320, and ServeRAID-6i/6i+
Ultra320 SCSI controllers.
Complete the following steps to create one or more identical spanned arrays:
1. Start the custom configuration wizard and complete all previous steps.
2. In the list of arrays, click the arrays that you want to add to your spanned
array.
3. Click
>> (Add selected arrays) to add the arrays to the spanned array. You
can click
>> (Add all arrays) to move all arrays to the spanned array.
4. To create additional spanned arrays, click the New spanned array tab in the
right pane.
Then, repeat steps 2 and 3.
5. Click Next; the Create Logical Drives window opens.
To return to the Create Arrays window, click Back. To leave the Configuration
wizard, click Cancel.
More information
v Understanding RAID level-x0
v Understanding creating spanned arrays
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