HP P3410A HP NetRAID Series User Guide - Page 66

Using Easy Configuration

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Chapter 3 HP NetRAID Config You can change the write policy, read policy, and cache policy after the configuration is complete. Choose Objects, then Logical Drive, then Properties to change this information. User Actions Perform the following steps when using Auto Configuration. 1. Choose Configure from the HP NetRAID Config Management menu. 2. Designate hot spares if desired by using the Easy Configuration selection. (Auto Configuration does not create any hot spares.) 3. Choose Auto Configuration from the Configure menu and respond to the confirmation prompt. The logical drives that result from Auto Configuration are displayed with a save prompt. Choose Yes to save the configuration. 4. Initialize the logical drives you have just configured. See "Initializing Logical Drives" in this chapter for more information. Using Easy Configuration Easy Configuration does not permit you to create spanned arrays; however, you can create more than one logical drive per array. Follow the steps below to create arrays by using Easy Configuration. 1. Choose Configure from the HP NetRAID Config Management menu. 2. Choose Easy Configuration from the Configure menu. The array selection menu appears. The hot key information appears at the bottom of the window. The hot key functions are: Space Select or deselect the highlighted drive. Enter Stop adding drives to the current array, and configure the logical drive. F2 Display drive information for the highlighted drive. F3 Display the logical drives that have been configured. F4 Designate the highlighted drive as a hot spare. 3. Press the arrow keys to highlight specific physical drives. 4. Press F4 to configure a highlighted drive as a hot spare. 60

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Chapter 3
HP NetRAID Config
60
You can change the write policy, read policy, and cache policy after the
configuration is complete. Choose
Objects
, then
Logical Drive
, then
Properties
to change this information.
User Actions
Perform the following steps when using Auto Configuration.
1.
Choose
Configure
from the HP NetRAID Config Management menu.
2.
Designate hot spares if desired by using the Easy Configuration selection.
(Auto Configuration does not create any hot spares.)
3.
Choose
Auto Configuration
from the Configure menu and respond to the
confirmation prompt. The logical drives that result from Auto
Configuration are displayed with a save prompt. Choose
Yes
to save the
configuration.
4.
Initialize the logical drives you have just configured. See "Initializing
Logical Drives" in this chapter for more information.
Using Easy Configuration
Easy Configuration does not permit you to create spanned arrays; however, you
can create more than one logical drive per array. Follow the steps below to create
arrays by using Easy Configuration.
1.
Choose
Configure
from the HP NetRAID Config Management menu.
2.
Choose
Easy Configuration
from the Configure menu. The array selection
menu appears. The hot key information appears at the bottom of the
window. The hot key functions are:
Space
Select or deselect the highlighted drive.
Enter
Stop adding drives to the current array, and configure the
logical drive.
F2
Display drive information for the highlighted drive.
F3
Display the logical drives that have been configured.
F4
Designate the highlighted drive as a hot spare.
3.
Press the arrow keys to highlight specific physical drives.
4.
Press
F4
to configure a highlighted drive as a hot spare.