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Creating a RAID Array, Checking Disk Information, s x0000, Configuring SATA Hard Drives

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Checking Disk Information To see the hard drive information, enter the following commands and press . You will see CONTROLLER LIST and DISK LIST displayed on the screen. rcadm -M -qa (Figure 4) fs0:\> rcadm -M -qa Figure 4 Creating a RAID Array To create a RAID array, refer to the following examples to enter the commands and press . When succeeded, the message which says "created sucessfully" will appear. Example 1: Create a RAID 0 array with Drive 0 and Drive 1 and the array size is 40 GB. rcadm -C -r0 -d 0 1 -s 40000 (Figure 5) ("C"=Create a array, "r0"=RAID 0, d 0 1=Drive 0 and Drive 1, "s 40000"=Size of 40 GB; to use the maximum size allowed, do not enter "s x0000") fs0:\>rcadm -C -r0 -d 0 1 -s 40000 created successfully fs0:\> Figure 5 Example 2: Create a RAID 5 array with Drive 1~4 and the array size is 75 GB. rcadm -C -r5 -d 1 2 3 4 -s 75000 (Figure 6) ("C"=Create a array, "r5"=RAID 5, d 1 2 3 4=Drive 1~4, "s 75000"=Size of 75 GB) fs0:\>rcadm -C -r5 -d 1 2 3 4 -s 75000 created successfully fs0:\> Figure 6 After you create the array, you can enter the "rcadm -M -qa" commands to see the array information. In addition to the CONTROLLER LIST and DISK LIST information, you will see ARRAY LIST information displayed on the screen, too. Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) - 58 -

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Figure 5
Creating a RAID Array
To create a RAID array, refer to the following examples to enter the commands and press <Enter>. When
succeeded, the message which says "created sucessfully" will appear.
fs0:\>rcadm -C -r0 -d 0 1 -s 40000
created successfully
fs0:\>
Checking Disk Information
To see the hard drive information, enter the following commands and press <Enter>.You will see CONTROLLER
LIST and DISK LIST displayed on the screen.
rcadm -M -qa
(Figure 4)
fs0:\> rcadm -M -qa
After you create the array, you can enter the "rcadm -M -qa" commands to see the array information. In addition
to the CONTROLLER LIST and DISK LIST information, you will see ARRAY LIST information displayed on the
screen, too.
Example 2: Create a RAID 5 array with Drive 1~4 and the array size is 75 GB.
rcadm -C -r5 -d 1 2 3 4 -s 75000 (
Figure 6)
(
"C"
=
Create a array, "r5"=RAID 5, d 1 2 3 4=Drive 1~4, "s 75000"=Size of 75 GB)
fs0:\>rcadm -C -r5 -d 1 2 3 4 -s 75000
created successfully
fs0:\>
Figure 6
Figure 4
Example 1: Create a RAID 0 array with Drive 0 and Drive 1 and the array size is 40 GB.
rcadm -C -r0 -d 0 1 -s 40000
(Figure 5)
(
"C"
=
Create a array, "r0"=RAID 0, d 0 1=Drive 0 and Drive 1, "s 40000"=Size of 40 GB; to use the maximum
size allowed, do not enter "
s x0000
")