HP 381513-B21 HP Smart Array Controllers for HP Integrity Servers User Guide - Page 18

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The screen displays a list of all available (unconfigured) physical drives and the valid RAID options for the system. 2. Use the Arrow keys, Spacebar, and Tab key to navigate the screen and set up the logical drive, including an online spare drive if one is required. NOTE: You cannot use ORCA to configure one spare drive to be shared among several arrays. Only ACU enables you to configure shared spare drives. 3. Press the Enter key to accept the settings. 4. Press the F8 key to confirm the settings and save the new configuration. After several seconds, the Configuration Saved screen appears. 5. Press the Enter key to continue. You can now create another logical drive by repeating the previous steps. NOTE: Newly created logical drives are invisible to the operating system. To make the new logical drives available for data storage, format them using the instructions given in the operating system documentation. Using ACU For detailed information about using ACU, see the Configuring Arrays on HP Smart Array Controllers Reference Guide. This document is available on the Smart Setup media or the Documentation CD that is provided in the controller kit. Configuring an array 18

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The screen displays a list of all available (unconfigured) physical drives and the valid RAID options
for the system.
2.
Use the
Arrow
keys,
Spacebar,
and
Tab
key to navigate the screen and set up the logical drive,
including an online spare drive if one is required.
NOTE:
You cannot use ORCA to configure one spare drive to be shared among several
arrays. Only ACU enables you to configure shared spare drives.
3.
Press the
Enter
key to accept the settings.
4.
Press the
F8
key to confirm the settings and save the new configuration.
After several seconds, the
Configuration Saved
screen appears.
5.
Press the
Enter
key to continue.
You can now create another logical drive by repeating the previous steps.
NOTE:
Newly created logical drives are invisible to the operating system. To make the new
logical drives available for data storage, format them using the instructions given in the
operating system documentation.
Using ACU
For detailed information about using ACU, see the
Configuring Arrays on HP Smart Array Controllers
Reference Guide.
This document is available on the Smart Setup media or the Documentation CD that is
provided in the controller kit
.