Adaptec 5325302057 User Guide - Page 45

Step 3: Creating RAID Pools 5 Select the disk drives you want to use in the pool. (Adaptec Storage Manager prompts you to select the correct number of disk drives.) Note Adaptec recommends that you not combine SAS and SATA disk drives within the same pool. Adaptec Storage Manager generates a warning if you try to create a pool using a combination of SAS and SATA disk drives. Hot Spare Button By default, Adaptec Storage Manager automatically sets the size of the pool and maximizes the capacity of the disk drives you select. 6 (Optional) Create a global hot spare by control-clicking on an available disk drive; alternatively, click the Create Global Hot Spare button, then select an available disk drive. A plus sign (+) appears to indicate that the selected drive will be designated as a hot spare, as shown in the previous figure. To remove a hot-spare designation from a disk drive, control-click it again. 7 If you do not want to use the maximum pool size, click Advanced settings, enter the size in the Size field, then select the capacity units from the drop-down list. 8 (Optional) Customize the other Advanced settings, as needed. 9 If you have no other available disk drives, skip to Step 11. If you have available disk drives and want to create additional pools, click Add pool to open a new tab in the wizard. 10 Repeat Steps 2 to 9 for each pool that you want to create. 11 Click Next, review the pool settings, click Apply, then click Yes to create the pools. Adaptec Storage Manager creates the pool(s). You can use the pool immediately to provision storage, without waiting for the build/verify process to complete. For more information about pools, see "Creating and Modifying Pools" on page 88. Caution Don't remove and reinsert any drive included in the pool while the pool is building. Chapter 4 Setting Up Your iSCSI Storage Appliance and IP SAN 39