Adaptec 5325302057 User Manual page 45

Select the disk drives you want to use in the pool. (Adaptec Storage Manager
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prompts you to select the correct number of disk drives.)
Adaptec recommends that you not combine SAS and SATA disk drives
Note
within the same pool. Adaptec Storage Manager generates a warning if you try to
create a pool using a combination of SAS and SATA disk drives.
By default, Adaptec Storage Manager automatically sets the size of the pool and
maximizes the capacity of the disk drives you select.
(Optional) Create a global hot spare by control-clicking on an available disk drive;
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alternatively, click the
disk drive.
A plus sign (+) appears to indicate that the selected drive will be designated as a
hot spare, as shown in the previous figure. To remove a hot-spare designation
from a disk drive, control-click it again.
If you do not want to use the maximum pool size, click
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the size in the Size field, then select the capacity units from the drop-down list.
(Optional) Customize the other
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If you have no other available disk drives, skip to Step 11.
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If you have available disk drives and want to create additional pools, click
to open a new tab in the wizard.
pool
Repeat Steps 2 to 9 for each pool that you want to create.
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Click , review the pool settings, click
Next
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Adaptec Storage Manager creates the pool(s). You can use the pool immediately to
provision storage, without waiting for the build/verify process to complete. For
more information about pools, see "Creating and Modifying Pools" on page 88.
Don't remove and reinsert any drive included in the pool while the pool
Caution
is building.
Create Global Hot Spare
Advanced settings
Chapter 4 Setting Up Your iSCSI Storage Appliance and IP SAN
Step 3: Creating RAID Pools
button, then select an available
Advanced settings,
, as needed.
, then click
Apply Yes
Hot Spare
Button
enter
Add
to create the pools.
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