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4. If you choose to create a logical drive in an existing array, select the array name
from the drop-down list.
5. Click Next. For new arrays, the Create Arrays window opens. For existing
arrays, the Create Logical Drives window opens.
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v Configuring an enclosure: the basic steps
v Increasing logical drive capacity
Creating arrays and hot-spare drives
Complete the following steps to create arrays:
1. Click the appropriate Array tab in the right pane:
2. Then, from the list of ready drives, select the drives you want to add to the
array:
3. Click
>> (Add selected drives) to add the drives to the array. You can
click
>> (Add all drives) to move all ready drives to an array.
4. Repeat steps 1 and 2 for each additional array or hot-spare drive that you want
to configure.
5. If you do not want to create a spanned array, skip to step 5. 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 5. Otherwise, the Create Spanned Arrays window opens.
Note: To create a spanned array, each array must have the same number of
physical drives.
6. 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 Configuration Path window, click Back. To leave the Configuration
wizard, click Cancel.
More information
v Creating spanned arrays
v Understanding creating spanned arrays
Creating spanned arrays
If you want to assign RAID level-x0 to an array, you must create a spanned array.
Complete the following steps to create one or more identical spanned arrays:
1. In the list of arrays, click the arrays that you want to add to your spanned
array.
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