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ARO-1130SA Installation and Hardware Guide
8
Select spares. If you do not want a spare, type n and continue
with Step 10. If you want to select dedicated spares, follow
these steps:
a
At the prompt, type y.
b
At the next prompt, type 1 or 2.
c
Select one or two spares, using the same method you used
to select disks for the array.
9
Initialize array. When the Initialize Mode menu appears, select
Initialize Array to Zero. Formatting begins immediately. A
graph on the screen shows the progress of this operation.
Caution:
when you initialize the array.
Select Low-Level Format only if the drives were previously
formatted on another computer or if you think they may have
surface defects. Low-level formatting takes a long time for
large disk drives.
10
Select array block size. When the menu of block sizes appears,
select a block size. (This menu does not appear if the array is a
mirrored array with only two drives.)
The allowable block sizes are 8, 16, 32, 64 (the default), and
128 KBytes. The default block size gives the best overall
performance in most network server environments.
11
Wait for initialization to complete. When you see the message
Initialization of [ array name ] is complete, press any key to
return to the Disk Array Operations menu.
12
Create additional arrays. To create additional arrays (if disks
are available), return to Step 3. When all arrays are created, exit
ArrayConfigSA, remove the ArrayConfigSA diskette, and
reboot the server. After you reboot you can write data to the
arrays.
At this point, you can make your initial array bootable as
described in the next section.
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If the drives contain data, all the data is lost
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