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4. If you want to allow different types of drives in a configuration, select the Use the drive type
mixing check box.
Note:
5. Select a RAID level for the virtual drive.
When you use simple configuration, the RAID controller supports RAID levels 1, 5, and 6. In
addition, it supports independent drives (configured as RAID 0). The screen text gives a brief
description of the RAID level that you select. The RAID levels that you can choose depends
on the number of drives available.
6. Select the Assign a hot spare check box if you want to assign a dedicated hot spare to the
new virtual drive.
If an unconfigured good drive is available, that drive is assigned as a hot spare. Hot spares
are drives that are available to replace failed drives automatically in a redundant virtual drive.
7. Select the Use drive security check box if you want to set a drive security method.
The LSI SafeStore™ Data Security Service encrypts data and provides disk-based key
management for your data security solution. This solution protects the data in the event of the
theft or loss of drives.
8. Use the drop-down menu in the Virtual drives field to select the number of virtual drives you
want to create.
9. Select the capacity for the virtual drives. Each virtual drive has the same capacity.
Configuration
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The Create Virtual Drive - Drive Group and Virtual Drive Settings window appears, as
shown in the following figure. If different types of drives are attached to the controller, such
as HDD, SSD, SAS, and SATA, an option is available to allow drive type mixing.
If unconfigured drives are available, select the radio button to use the unconfigured drives,
and click Next. Continue with
The Summary window
(Figure
Create Drive Group Settings
For best results, do not use drive type mixing.
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