Creating A New Storage Configuration; Selecting Virtual Drive Settings - Lenovo ThinkServer RD240 Software User's Manual

8.1

Creating a New Storage Configuration

8.1.1

Selecting Virtual Drive Settings

8-2
You can use the MegaRAID Storage Manager to create new storage
configurations on systems with ThinkServer SAS controllers. You can
create the following types of configurations:
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Simple configuration specifies a limited number of settings and has
the system select drives for you. This option is the easiest way to
create a virtual drive.
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Advanced configuration lets you choose additional settings and
customize virtual drive creation. This option provides greater
flexibility when creating virtual drives for your specific requirements.
The following subsections describe the virtual drive parameters and
explain how to create simple and advanced storage configurations:
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Section 8.1.1, "Selecting Virtual Drive Settings"
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Section 8.1.2, "Creating a Virtual Drive Using Simple Configuration"
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Section 8.1.3, "Creating a Virtual Drive Using Advanced
Configuration"
This section describes the virtual drive settings that you can select when
you use the advanced configuration procedure to create virtual drives.
You should change these parameters only if you have a specific reason
for doing so. It is usually best to leave them at their default settings.
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Initialization state: Initialization prepares the storage medium for
use. Specify the initialization status:
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No Initialization: (the default) The new configuration is not
initialized and the existing data on the drives is not
overwritten.
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Fast Initialization: The firmware quickly writes zeroes to the
first and last 8-Mbyte regions of the new virtual drive and
then completes the initialization in the background.
This allows you to start writing data to the virtual drive
immediately.
Configuration