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Using New Configuration, Erases Configuration

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Using New Configuration The New Configuration option allows you to associate logical drives with partial and/or multiple physical arrays (the latter is called spanning of arrays). Erases Configuration Choosing the New Configuration option erases the existing configuration information on the selected controller. To use the spanning feature and keep the existing configuration, use View/Add Configuration (see page 26). Step Action 1 Choose Configure from the MegaRAID Configuration Utility main menu. 2 Choose New Configuration from the Configure menu. An array selection window is displayed showing the devices connected to the current controller. Hot key information appears at the bottom of the screen. The hot key functions are: Display the manufacturer data and MegaRAID error count for the selected drive. Display the logical drives that have been configured. Designate the selected drive as a hot spare. Display the logical drive configuration screen. 3 Press the arrow keys to choose specific physical drives. Press the spacebar to associate the selected physical drive with the current array. The indicator for the selected drive changes from READY to ONLIN A[array number]-[drive number]. For example, ONLIN A2-3 means disk drive 3 in array 2. Add physical drives to the current array as desired. Try to use drives of the same capacity in a specific array. If you use drives with different capacities in an array, all the drives in the array are treated as though they have the capacity of the smallest drive in the array. The number of physical drives in a specific array determines the RAID levels that can be implemented with the array. RAID 0 requires one or more physical drives per array. RAID 1 requires 2 physical drives per array. RAID 3 requires at least three physical drives per array. RAID 5 requires at least three physical drives per array. 4 Press when you are finished creating the current array. To continue defining arrays, repeat step 3. To begin logical drive configuration, go to step 5. Chapter 2 MegaRAID Configuration Utility 23

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Chapter 2 MegaRAID Configuration Utility
23
Using New Configuration
The New Configuration option allows you to associate logical drives with partial
and/or multiple physical arrays (the latter is called spanning of arrays).
Erases Configuration
Choosing the New Configuration option
erases
the existing configuration
information on the selected controller.
To use the spanning feature and keep the existing configuration, use View/Add
Configuration (see page 26).
Step
Action
1
Choose Configure from the MegaRAID Configuration Utility main menu.
2
Choose New Configuration from the Configure menu. An array selection window is
displayed showing the devices connected to the current controller.
Hot key information appears at the bottom of the screen. The hot key functions are:
<F2>
Display the manufacturer data and MegaRAID error count for the selected
drive.
<F3>
Display the logical drives that have been configured.
<F4>
Designate the selected drive as a hot spare.
<F10>
Display the logical drive configuration screen.
3
Press the arrow keys to choose specific physical drives. Press the spacebar to associate
the selected physical drive with the current array. The indicator for the selected drive
changes from READY to ONLIN A[
array number
]-[
drive number
]. For example,
ONLIN A2-3 means disk drive 3 in array 2.
Add physical drives to the current array as desired. Try to use drives of the same
capacity in a specific array. If you use drives with different capacities in an array, all the
drives in the array are treated as though they have the capacity of the
smallest
drive in
the array.
The number of physical drives in a specific array determines the RAID levels that can be
implemented with the array.
RAID 0 requires one or more physical drives per array.
RAID 1 requires 2 physical drives per array.
RAID 3 requires at least three physical drives per array.
RAID 5 requires at least three physical drives per array.
4
Press <Enter> when you are finished creating the current array. To continue defining
arrays, repeat step 3. To begin logical drive configuration, go to step 5.