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v Click Custom configuration for a path that lets you manually configure your
controller. Choose this path to do any of the following:
– Define the RAID level of the logical drives.
– Select the physical drives that you want to include for each logical drive.
– Define the number and size of the logical drives.
– Fine tune your configuration for optimal performance
– Review the configuration summary.
When you are ready to continue, click Next.
More information
v Understanding stripe-unit size
v Understanding logical drive synchronization
v Understanding physical drive capacity and unusable capacity
Choosing between Express and Custom configuration
In the Configuration wizard, you can choose from two paths to configure your
integrated RAID controller subsystem:
v Click Express configuration for a quick and easy path for you to automatically
configure your integrated RAID controller.
Express configuration does the following:
– Creates an array by grouping the first two physical drives that appear in the
Physical devices view.
– Creates a RAID level-1 logical drive.
Note:
If you click Express, you will 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 so
from the configuration summary.
v Click Custom configuration for a path that lets you to manually configure your
integrated RAID controller. Choose this path to do any of the following:
– Configure your controller manually.
– Select the two physical drives that you want to configure.
– Create a hot-spare drive.
– Preserve data on a mirror primary drive .
Using this path, you can:
– Select the physical drives that you want to include in the array and that you
want to use as a hot-spare drive.
– Review the configuration summary.
To initialize the new logical drives, click Automatically initialize new logical
drives. Initializing a logical drive erases the first 1024 sectors on the drive and
prevents access to any data previously stored on the drive. You can initialize the
drive later if you do not choose automatic initialization.
When you are ready to continue, click Next.
More information
v Understanding stripe-unit size
v Initializing a logical drive
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