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Using, Custom, configuration

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Using Custom configuration: To configure the controller manually, select Custom configuration. Using Custom configuration, you can select which two physical drives you want to configure and create a hot-spare drive. Complete the following steps to use Custom configuration: 1. In the ServeRAID Manager tree, click the controller. 2. Click Custom configuration. 3. Click Next. The "Create arrays" window opens. Figure 3. "Create arrays" window 4. From the list of ready drives, select the two drives you want to move to the array. 5. Click (Add selected drives) to add the drives to the array. 6. Complete the following steps if you want to configure a hot-spare drive: a. Click the Spares tab. b. Select the physical drive you want to designate as the hot-spare drive; then, click (Add selected drives). Chapter 2. Configuring the server 13

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Using
Custom
configuration:
To
configure
the
controller
manually,
select
Custom
configuration.
Using
Custom
configuration,
you
can
select
which
two
physical
drives
you
want
to
configure
and
create
a
hot-spare
drive.
Complete
the
following
steps
to
use
Custom
configuration:
1.
In
the
ServeRAID
Manager
tree,
click
the
controller.
2.
Click
Custom
configuration
.
3.
Click
Next
.
The
“Create
arrays”
window
opens.
4.
From
the
list
of
ready
drives,
select
the
two
drives
you
want
to
move
to
the
array.
5.
Click
(
Add
selected
drives
)
to
add
the
drives
to
the
array.
6.
Complete
the
following
steps
if
you
want
to
configure
a
hot-spare
drive:
a.
Click
the
Spares
tab.
b.
Select
the
physical
drive
you
want
to
designate
as
the
hot-spare
drive;
then,
click
(
Add
selected
drives
).
Figure
3.
“Create
arrays”
window
Chapter
2.
Configuring
the
server
13