HP 166207-B21 Smart Array 5300 Controller User Guide - Page 60

Assign Drive to Array, Create Drive Array, Example Array A with Spare

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Configuring an Array 3. Click the Assign Drive to Array button (Figure 7-15) in the middle of the screen. Figure 7-15: Assign Drive to Array button 4. Select the drive at Port 1: SCSI ID 7 and click the Assign Spare to Array button in the lower middle part of the screen. NOTE: You can share any given spare among several arrays. You can also assign several spares to just one array, or share one group of spares among several arrays. In all such cases, be sure that the capacity of each spare is large enough for each array that it is assigned to. (The capacity of a spare must be no less than that of any other drives in the same array.) The Create Drive Array screen now looks like Figure 7-16. Figure 7-16: Example Array A with Spare 5. Click Done to return to the main ACU screen. 7-18 Compaq Smart Array 5300 Controller User Guide

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Configuring an Array
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Compaq Smart Array 5300 Controller User Guide
3.
Click the
Assign Drive to Array
button (Figure 7-15) in the middle of the
screen.
Figure 7-15:
Assign Drive to Array button
4.
Select the drive at Port 1: SCSI ID 7 and click the
Assign Spare to Array
button
in the lower middle part of the screen.
NOTE:
You can share any given spare among several arrays. You can also assign
several spares to just one array, or share one group of spares among several arrays. In all
such cases, be sure that the capacity of each spare is large enough for each array that it
is assigned to. (The capacity of a spare must be no less than that of any other drives in
the same array.)
The
Create Drive Array
screen now looks like Figure 7-16.
Figure 7-16:
Example Array A with Spare
5.
Click
Done
to return to the main ACU screen.