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Chapter 6: Configuring your RAID solutions f Press DELETE to confirm erasing data from the disk or press any other key to deselect the disk. g Repeat the Step 5 to select as many as four more disks for the IM volume. (Or select as many as three more disks if you want to configure a hot spare disk for the volume.) 6 (Optional) Use the arrow keys to select a hot spare disk for the IM volume. Select Yes as the value for the Hot Spare column. 7 When you have selected all disks for the IM volume, press ESC and select Save changes, then exit this menu. (If you do not want to create the IM volume, select Discard changes, then exit this menu.) The IM volume exists as soon as you save the changes. The RAID Properties screen now displays the IM volume properties and status. Integrated Striping configuration The following must be considered when configuring the onboard SCSI RAID solution for Integrated Striping: ■ The BIOS-based configuration utility lets you create one Integrated Striped volume per controller. ■ An IS volume can have from two to six disks. ■ Disks in an IS volume must be non-removable, single-LUN disks that support 512-byte sectors, wide synchronous transfers, Qtag'd I/Os, and a unit serial number. The disks must support SMART, and they must be minimally compliant with the SCSI-2 standard. ■ Disks in an IS volume must be connected to the same channel of the same controller, and the controller must be in the BIOS boot order. ■ Disks of different size are allowed in IS volumes, but the smallest disk determines the logical size of each disk in the volume. The excess space of larger member disks is not used. ■ Usable disk space for each IS member disk is adjusted down to leave room for Meta data. Usable disk space may be further reduced to maximize the ability to interchange disks in the same size classification. ■ The supported stripe size is 64 Kbytes. 116 www.gateway.com