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Chaining

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Advanced Features Advanced Features B B.1 Chaining The ICP RAID firmware supports Drive Chaining (also referred to as Disk Spanning). Drive Chaining is the process of linking several individual drives to form a large single drive. Chaining is only available after having selected two or more drives in the ICP RAID Console or ICP RAID Navigator. Warning: Using logical drives of the type chain as components of array drives is not recommended. Warning: Disk Chaining does not offer any form of data protection. B.1.1 Configuring a Chaining Set Using ICPCON 1. Select Create New Host Drive. 2. Select 2 or more drives. 3. Press Enter and select Chaining. B.1.2 Configuring a Chaining Set Using ICP RAID Navigator 1. Click on the New host drive icon. 2. Select the Configuration menu, then Host Drive, Create New. A new host drive window appears. 3. Select a drive(s) using and arrow keys. Chaining is greyed out before selecting 2 drives and is available after selecting 2 drives. 4. Select Chaining and press Enter. The system will configure the chain set that is now a logical drive. 206 Software Installation and User's Guide

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Software Installation and User’s Guide
Advanced Features
Advanced Features
B
B.1
Chaining
The ICP RAID firmware supports Drive Chaining (also referred to as Disk Spanning).
Drive Chaining is the process of linking several individual drives to form a large single
drive. Chaining is only available after having selected two or more drives in the ICP
RAID Console or ICP RAID Navigator.
Warning:
Using logical drives of the type
chain
as components of array drives is not
recommended.
Warning:
Disk Chaining does not offer any form of data protection.
B.1.1
Configuring a Chaining Set Using ICPCON
1. Select
Create New Host Drive
.
2.
Select 2 or more drives.
3.
Press Enter and select
Chaining
.
B.1.2
Configuring a Chaining Set Using ICP RAID Navigator
1.
Click on the
New host drive
icon.
2.
Select the
Configuration
menu, then
Host Drive, Create New
. A new host drive
window appears.
3.
Select a drive(s) using <Shift> and arrow keys.
Chaining
is greyed out before selecting
2 drives and is available after selecting 2 drives.
4. Select
Chaining
and press Enter.
The system will configure the chain set that is now a logical drive.