Lenovo ThinkServer RD330 MegaRAID SAS Software User Guide - Page 270

Chapter 8: Configuration | Creating a New Storage Configuration MegaRAID SAS Software User Guide Drive Group 0 and Span 0 appear in the Drive groups field when you select RAID 10, 50, or 60. The RAID controller supports RAID levels 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60. In addition, it supports independent drives (configured as RAID 0 and RAID 00). The screen text gives a brief description of the RAID level you select. RAID levels you can choose depend on the number of drives available. To learn more about RAID levels, see Chapter 2, Introduction to RAID. b. Scroll down the menu for the Drive security method field if you want to set a drive security method. The drive security feature provides the ability to encrypt data and use disk-based key management for your data security solution. This solution provides protection to the data in the event of theft or loss of drives. See Section 11.5, SafeStore Encryption Services, for more information about drive security and encryption. c. Select unconfigured drives from the list of drives and click Add> to add them to the drive group. The selected drives appear under Span 0 below Drive Group 0, as shown in Figure 149. Page 270 Figure 149: Span 0 of Drive Group 0 d. Click Create Span to create a second span in the drive group. e. Select unconfigured drives from the list of drives and click Add> to add them to the second drive group. The selected drives appear under Span 1 below Drive Group 0, as shown in Figure 150.