Managing Logical Drives; Creating A Logical Drive - HP Surestore Disk Array 12h - And FC60 System Administrator Manual

Using AutoRAID Manager for Windows NT

Managing Logical Drives

To change disk array configuration settings:
1. Right-click the disk array from the Detail pane.
2. Click Properties.
3. Click the Configuration tab.
4. Select the appropriate value for each setting.
Managing Logical Drives
Establishing and managing the logical drive structure of your disk array is an important management task.
Your system requirements and file directory structure influence the logical drive strategy you choose.
Managing logical drives is a part of the overall task of managing disk array capacity. For more information
on managing array capacity to meet your system needs, see the "Concepts and Management" chapter in the
HP SureStore E Disk Array 12H User's and Service Manual

Creating a Logical Drive

Creating a logical drive makes array capacity available to the operating system. Each logical drive appears
to the host as a physical disk device. Logical drives are created during initial installation of the disk array,
and typically after installing a new disk module.
To create a logical drive:
1. Right-click the disk array from the Detail pane.
2. Click Properties.
3. Click Logical Drives.
4. Click Create... to display the Create Logical Drive window. If there is no unallocated capacity on the
disk array, the Create... option will not be available.
5. In the Number field, select the number of the new logical drive.
6. In the Capacity field, enter the desired size of the logical drive.
7. Click OK.
NOTE! After creating a new logical drive, you must perform the necessary steps to configure the logical
drive into the operating system. This is typically done using the Windows NT Disk Administrator. Refer to
Windows NT Help for information on performing this task.
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