Step 3: Creating Raid Pools - Adaptec 5325302057 User Manual

Step 3: Creating RAID Pools

The settings are applied to the iSCSI Storage Appliance.
Click
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Storage Appliance.
The wizard continues to the Create RAID Pools step.
Step 3: Creating RAID Pools
The wizard offers two methods for creating (or configuring) pools—express
configuration and custom configuration. This section describes how to use the
custom configuration method.
The custom configuration option steps you through the manual process of creating
pools, helping you group disk drives, set RAID levels, determine pool size, and
configure advanced settings. Use this option when you want to create customized
pools with any or all available disk drives. Up to 20 pools are supported on a single
iSCSI Storage Appliance.
For instructions on creating pools using express configuration, see page 89.
Note
To build pools with the custom method:
Select
Custom configuration...
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Select a RAID level.
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The most common RAID levels are listed first; advanced RAID levels are
available by clicking
Although all RAID levels are listed in the wizard, the RAID levels available
Note
for your pools depend on the number of disk drives in your iSCSI Storage
Appliance. See "RAID Quick Reference" on page 199 for more information.
Click .
Next
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In the Physical Devices panel, enter a name for the pool. Use a meaningful name
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that will help you easily identify it later. Pool names can be up to 15 characters
long.
If you don't have enough disk drives to create a pool with the RAID level you
chose in the previous step, click
38 Snap Server 700i Series User's Guide
, then follow the online instructions to register your iSCSI
, then click
.
Advanced settings
to select a new RAID level.
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