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3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Figure 8. Disk Array Advance Details Screen Creating a disk array To create an array, first select the drives to be included by navigating the cursor over each drive and pressing Enter (see Figure 9). An asterisk in the left most column indicates the drive is selected. You may include from two to eight drives in the array by selecting drives from the Available Drives section. To include drives that are part of an existing disk array you must first delete the array. 28 www.3ware.com
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3ware Escalade Storage Switch
User Guide
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Figure 8.
Disk Array Advance Details Screen
Creating a disk array
To create an array, first select the drives to be included by navigat-
ing the cursor over each drive and pressing
Enter
(see Figure 9).
An asterisk in the left most column indicates the drive is selected.
You may include from two to eight drives in the array by selecting
drives from the
Available Drives
section. To include drives that are
part of an existing disk array you must first delete the array.