Adaptec DuraStor 6200SR User Manual page 14

9 Choose the number of disk drives in the array, excluding spares,
then press Enter.
The Select Drives screen appears.
If you are using active-active mode, the Select Drives menu
includes all available disk drives (those that are not members of
an array and are not assigned as dedicated or pool spares) on
both controllers. It displays the following information for each
disk drive:
– Channel number
– SCSI ID number
– Disk drive capacity
– Disk drive manufacturer
– Disk drive model number
– Disk drive firmware revision
10 Choose a disk drive to use in the array, then press Enter. Repeat
until all the disk drives you want are selected.
11 After all the disk drives are selected, press Enter.
If the array is mirrored, RAID 3, RAID 4, RAID 5, or RAID 50 and
you have one or more disk drives left, the Number of Spares
screen appears.
If you are creating a different type of array, skip to
12 Choose the number of spares you want to add, then press Enter.
This creates dedicated spares that can only be used by this array.
A dedicated spare disk drive is not available for any other use.
For more information, see
If you do not want a spare, choose 0.
13 Choose a disk drive to use as a dedicated spare, then press
Enter. Repeat, if you are using multiple dedicated spares.
Only available disk drives (those that are not members of an
array or assigned as dedicated or pool spares) display. You can
delete a dedicated spare from the array at any time. For more
information, see
Creating and Managing Arrays and Partitions
Chapter 4, Managing
Deleting a Dedicated Spare on page
Step 15.
Spares.
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