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determine the size of the logical drive. For example, an array
consisting of three, 1 GB physical drives with a requested RAID
level-0 logical drive of 1000 MB will actually contain only 999 MB
because the data is striped across all three drives, with 333 MB on
each drive.
5.
If you have free space available and want to create additional logical drives,
click
.
6. Repeat steps 3 through 5 for each logical drive that you want to define in this
array.
7. Repeat steps 2 through 6 for each additional array that you want to configure.
8. Click Next. The Configuration Summary window opens.
To return to the Create Arrays window, click Back. To leave the Configuration
wizard, click Cancel.
More information
v Selecting the RAID level by array capacity
v Selecting the array size
v Understanding physical drive capacity and unusable capacity
Confirming your express system configuration
Use the configuration summary to review all the changes that the ServeRAID
Manager will apply to your configuration:
1. Review the information that is displayed in the Configuration Summary
window. To change the configuration, click
or
.
Notes:
a. Additional notes and attentions regarding the configuration appear
in the event viewer.
b. Some operating systems have size limitations for logical drives.
Before you save the configuration, verify that the size of the logical
drive is appropriate for your operating system. For more detailed
information, see your operating-system documentation.
2.
Click Apply; then, click Yes when asked if you want to apply the new
configuration. The configuration is saved in the ServeRAID controller and in
the physical drives.
Note: If you clicked Automatically initialize new logical drives, the ServeRAID
Manager will initialize the logical drives automatically.
3. When you have completed configuring your controllers, you can change certain
controller settings to fine-tune your configuration.
More information
v Configuration wizard notes and attentions
v Understanding logical-drive synchronization
v Initializing a logical drive
v Fine-tuning your system
Confirming your custom system configuration
Use the configuration summary to review all the changes that the ServeRAID
Manager will apply to your configuration:
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