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Advanced Menu, Configuration Methods

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Chapter 3 HP NetRAID Config 4. When the consistency check is finished, press any key to clear the progress display and press Esc to return to the Management menu. NOTE Check Consistency might fail if the firmware could not complete parity and data writes due to a power failure or a system hang, or if the logical drive degraded or failed when a physical drives went offline. Advanced Menu Reconstruct Logical Drive Use this option if you want to add a physical drive or change a RAID level. For complete information on adding a physical drive, see Chapter 6, "Capacity Expansion," in this guide. For information on changing RAID levels, see "Changing the RAID Level of a Logical Drive" in part F of this chapter, "Changing Logical Drives Currently in Use." C Configuring Arrays and Logical Drives Each configuration method requires a different level of user input. However, the general flow of operations for array and logical drive configuration is outlined below. 1. Choose a configuration method. 2. Designate hot spares (optional). 3. Configure the logical drives. 4. Initialize the logical drives. Configuration Methods HP NetRAID Config has five configuration options: • Auto Configuration examines the physical drives and automatically configures them into arrays and logical drives. It does not disturb existing configuration information. For instructions on using this selection, see "Using Auto Configuration" in this chapter. • Easy Configuration lets you create arrays, hot spares, and logical drives, but it does not modify an existing configuration. This selection does not permit array spanning. If there are already logical drives configured, their 57

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Chapter 3
HP NetRAID Config
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4.
When the consistency check is finished, press any key to clear the progress
display and press
Esc
to return to the Management menu.
NOTE
Check Consistency might fail if the firmware could not
complete parity and data writes due to a power failure or a
system hang, or if the logical drive degraded or failed when a
physical drives went offline.
Advanced Menu
Reconstruct Logical Drive
Use this option if you want to add a physical drive or change a RAID level. For
complete information on adding a physical drive, see Chapter 6, "Capacity
Expansion," in this guide. For information on changing RAID levels, see
"Changing the RAID Level of a Logical Drive" in part F of this chapter,
"Changing Logical Drives Currently in Use."
C
Configuring Arrays and Logical Drives
Each configuration method requires a different level of user input. However, the
general flow of operations for array and logical drive configuration is outlined
below.
1.
Choose a configuration method.
2.
Designate hot spares (optional).
3.
Configure the logical drives.
4.
Initialize the logical drives.
Configuration Methods
HP NetRAID Config has five configuration options:
•
Auto Configuration
examines the physical drives and automatically
configures them into arrays and logical drives. It does not disturb existing
configuration information. For instructions on using this selection, see
"Using Auto Configuration" in this chapter.
•
Easy Configuration
lets you create arrays, hot spares, and logical drives,
but it does not modify an existing configuration. This selection does not
permit array spanning. If there are already logical drives configured, their