Adaptec 29320A-R User Guide - Page 70

Adding a Spare, Drive

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Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Cards User's Guide 4 With RAID 10 you have the option to create a maximum of two spare drives. You can create: s two spares before your RAID 10 is defined s two spares after your RAID 10 is defined s a spare before your RAID 10 is defined, and add a spare later to an existing RAID 10 array. To add a spare to an existing RAID 10 array, see Adding a Spare Drive on page 4-11. 5 After entering your options, 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? 6 Select Yes if you want to make the array bootable. The following message appears: Create Array? 7 Select Yes. The following message appears: Are you sure? 8 Select Yes and press Enter to create a RAID 10 array. If you select No, the RAID creation will terminate and you will return to the Main menu. Note: If a valid partition table or boot block is detected in the target drive, you will get a warning message that the information will be destroyed. 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. 4-10

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Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Cards User
s Guide
4
With RAID 10 you have the option to create a maximum of two
spare drives. You can create:
two spares before your RAID 10 is defined
two spares after your RAID 10 is defined
a spare before your RAID 10 is defined, and add a spare later
to an existing RAID 10 array.
To add a spare to an existing RAID 10 array, see
Adding a Spare
Drive
on page 4-11
.
5
After entering your options, 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?
6
Select
Yes
if you want to make the array bootable. The following
message appears:
Create Array?
7
Select
Yes
. The following message appears:
Are you sure?
8
Select
Yes
and press
Enter
to create a RAID 10 array. If you
select
No
, the RAID creation will terminate and you will return
to the Main menu.
Note:
If a valid partition table or boot block is detected in
the target drive, you will get a warning message that the
information will be destroyed.
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.