Adaptec 29320A-R User Guide - Page 69

Creating RAID 10 Arrays

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Using the SCSISelect Utility to Manage Arrays 3 After entering your options, if a partition exists on any of the selected drives, you will get a message that the partition will be deleted. Assign a RAID name by entering up to 15 alphabetic or numeric characters, then press Enter. The following message appears: Do you want to make this array bootable? 4 Select Yes if you want to make the array bootable. The following message appears: Create Array? 5 Select Yes. The following message appears: Are you sure? 6 Select Yes and press Enter to create a RAID 1 array. If you select No, the RAID creation will terminate and you will return to the Main menu. After your array is created, the progress bar will appear showing the percentage completed in the create process. If for any reason you want to stop the build process and return to the Main menu, press Esc. You may continue the build process by selecting the Rebuild function later. Note: You might not be able to use the array if the build has not been entirely completed. To add a spare to an existing RAID 1 array, see Adding a Spare Drive on page 4-11. Creating RAID 10 Arrays To create a RAID 10 array: 1 From the Select RAID Type menu, select RAID-10 and press Enter. 2 Select the hard drives you want to use and press Enter. 3 Select the stripe size and press Enter. You can select from 16K, 32K, or 64K. 4-9

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4-9
Using the SCSISelect Utility to Manage Arrays
3
After entering your options, if a partition exists on any of the
selected drives, you will get a message that the partition will be
deleted. Assign a RAID name by entering up to 15 alphabetic or
numeric characters, then press
Enter
. The following message
appears:
Do you want to make this array bootable?
4
Select
Yes
if you want to make the array bootable. The following
message appears:
Create Array?
5
Select
Yes
. The following message appears:
Are you sure?
6
Select
Yes
and press
Enter
to create a RAID 1 array. If you select
No
, the RAID creation will terminate and you will return to the
Main menu.
After your array is created, the progress bar will appear
showing the percentage completed in the create process. If for
any reason you want to stop the build process and return to the
Main menu, press
Esc
. You may continue the build process by
selecting the Rebuild function later.
Note:
You might not be able to use the array if the build has
not been entirely completed.
To add a spare to an existing RAID 1 array, see
Adding a Spare
Drive
on page 4-11
.
Creating RAID 10 Arrays
To create a RAID 10 array:
1
From the Select RAID Type menu, select
RAID-10
and press
Enter
.
2
Select the hard drives you want to use and press
Enter
.
3
Select the stripe size and press
Enter
. You can select from 16K,
32K, or 64K.