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In the RAID tool, drag one of the RAID container types into the right panel.
You define the virtual disks that you want to create on your target server
with the following RAID types:
RAID 0
RAID 1
RAID 5
RAID 10
RAID 50
Spare (Global
Hotspare)
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To change the number of drives in each RAID, click the arrow icons in the
right panel.
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(Optional) Drag another RAID type to the right panel and configure that RAID
in a similar manner.
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To add controllers, select the Multi-controller matching option at the bottom
of the left panel.
This option displays a graphical representation of the controllers on your
server and enables the Add and Remove options. It also enables the arrow
icons at either side of the add and remove options. These icons let you move
the pointer in the graphical representation to the controller that you want
to configure.
The text preceding these options displays how many controllers that you
have currently defined.
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Ensure that the pointer in the graphical representation at the top of the left
panel points to the controller that you want to configure.
1-32 drives.
2 mirrored drives. Can have up to two dedicated hot spares.
3-32 drives. Can have up to four dedicated hot spares.
4-16 drives. Must be an even number. Can have up to four
dedicated hot spares.
6-98 drives. Must be an even number. Can have up to 16 dedicated
hot spares.
0-16 drives. Cannot be the first disk group. It also cannot follow
a disk group that is assigned no RAID.
Configuring BIOS, DRAC, and RAID
Defining rules for RAID configurations
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