Configuring Serveraid Arrays And Logical Drives - IBM Netfinity ServeRAID-4H Ultra160 User Reference

Configuring ServeRAID arrays and logical drives

To configure arrays and a logical drive, do the following.
Note: You can create only one logical drive for each array in a failover
6. After you select the ready drives for your arrays, click Next. The Create logical
7. Select a RAID level for each of the logical drives from the RAID pull-down menu
8. Create only one logical drive for each array.
9. If you have created multiple arrays in step 5 on page 66, click on another array
10. Click Next. The Configuration summary window opens.
11. Review the information that displays on the Configuration summary window.
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environment.
1.
Click on the tool bar. The Configuration mode window opens (see
Figure 15 on page 63).
2. In the Main Tree, click the first ServeRAID controller that you want to
configure.
3. Click the Custom configuration radio button.
4. Click Next. The Create arrays window opens.
5. Using the right mouse button, click the ready drive or SCSI channel icons in
the Main Tree to select the drives that you want to add to your arrays or delete
from your arrays; then, select a choice from the pop-up list.
Notes:
a. You must use all the ready drives when creating your arrays (that is, all
ready drives in the Main Tree must be online).
b. Hot-spare drives are not supported in a failover environment except within
a logical drive with a RAID level-5E.
drives window opens.
Note: If you change your mind, you can remove a specific drive from a newly
defined array or delete an entire newly defined array. To do this:
a. Click Back.
b. Using the right mouse button, click the specific drive or Array icon in
the Main Panel on the right.
c. Click Remove from new array or Delete new array.
in the Main Panel.
Note: If you have four or more ready drives in an array, the recommended
RAID level is RAID level-5E.
Note: Typically, the first logical drive defined on the first ServeRAID controller
found by system BIOS during startup will be your startup (boot) drive.
in the Main Tree and go back to step 7 on page 66 to configure it. After
configuring all of your arrays, continue with step 10 on page 66.
Click Apply to accept and save the configuration.
Note: To change the configuration, click Modify arrays or Modify logical
drives.
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