Compaq AlphaServer GS60 Operation Manual page 319

Understanding the Configuration Methods
You can configure your array in either of the following ways:
1. Automatically. You can configure automatically only if:
a) You want to configure one RAID 5 logical RAID drive (requires
between three and eight drives of same capacity)
b) You want to configure up to 8 JBODs of any capacity
2. Interactively. Configure interactively if you want to:
a) Create more than one drive group
b) Create more than one logical RAID drive
c) Specify RAID levels
d) Specify caching policy
e) Define a hot spare
Your RAID subsystem stores the configuration information on flash
EEPROM/NVRAM on the RAID controller. If your RAID controller fails, you must
restore your configuration from a backup copy on floppy disk, or create a new
configuration to access the data on your subsystem.
Configuring Automatically
To configure automatically, you must do the following:
1. Select the Automatic Configuration option
2. Initialize the logical drives
3. Save your configuration to diskette
If you want to define a spare drive, you must configure interactively.
Running Configuration Utilities from the SRM Console C-3