Dell PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller 3 User Manual page 166

NOTE: Try to use drives
of the same capacity in a
specific array. If you use
drives with different
capacities in an array, all
drives in the array are
treated as if they have the
capacity of the smallest
drive in the array.
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Press the arrow keys to highlight specific physical drives.
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Press the spacebar to associate the selected physical drive with the
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current array.
The indicator for the selected drive changes from READY to ONLIN
A[array number]-[drive number]. For example, ONLIN A2-3 means
disk drive 3 in array 2.
Add physical drives to the current array as desired.
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The number of physical drives in a specific array determines the RAID
levels that can be implemented with the array.
– RAID 0 requires one or more physical drives.
– RAID 1 requires exactly two physical drives.
– RAID 5 requires at least three physical drives.
– RAID 10 requires at least four physical drives.
– RAID 50 requires at least six physical drives.
Press <Enter> after you finish creating the current array.
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A window entitled Select Configurable Array(s) appears. It displays
the array, and array number, such as A-00.
Press the spacebar to select the array.
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Span information, such as Span-1, displays in the array box. You can
create multiple arrays, then select them to span them.