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1. Review the information that is displayed in the Configuration Summary
window. To change the configuration, click Back.
Note: Additional notes and attentions regarding the configuration appear in
the event viewer.
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 controller, 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
Configuring ServeRAID SAS, SATA, and HostRAID controllers
(ServeRAID-7t, ServeRAID-8i, HostRAID)
Choosing between Express and Custom configuration
In the Configuration wizard, you can choose from two paths to configure your
ServeRAID-8i, ServeRAID-8k/8k-l, ServeRAID-7t, or HostRAID controller:
v lick Express configuration for a quick and easy path for you to automatically
configure your controller. This path creates the most efficient 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 one logical drive, up to 2 terabytes (TB) maximum, by grouping
together same-sized physical drives.
Note: If the physical drive size exceeds 2 terabytes (TB), Express
configuration removes drives until the size is less than 2 terabytes (TB).
It creates an additional logical drive with the left-over drive(s).
– Assigns a RAID level based on the number of available physical drives:
- A logical drive with a single physical drive is assigned RAID level-0.
- A logical drive with two physical drives is assigned RAID level-1.
- A logical drive with three physical drives is assigned RAID level-5.
For HostRAID controllers, Express configuration creates a RAID level-1
logical drive.
– Designates a hot-spare drive for the controller. If four or more ready drives
are available, the largest drive will be designated the hot-spare drive.
Note:
When you choose Express configuration, you have the opportunity to
review and approve the configuration before the ServeRAID Manager
applies the configuration. If you need to modify the configuration, you
can do it from the configuration summary.
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