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NOTICE: Be sure you do not select the disk drive on which the operating system is installed. NOTE: To remove a drive from a proposed new disk group, select the drive icon in the right panel and click the left-arrow Remove button. 5 Click Accept to accept these drives for the new RAID disk group. 6 To add a hotspare to an array, select an available drive in the left panel, and then select the array from the drop-down menu, and click Add HotSpare To. NOTE: Hot spares are not available for RAID 0. 7 Click Next. The next Configuration Wizard window appears. The Arrays box lists the new disk group (array) that you just defined, plus any existing disk groups with holes (free space) that you can use for a new configuration. 8 In the Arrays box, click the checkbox to select the disk group to use for the new virtual disk. 9 In the right panel under Virtual Disk Properties, select the desired RAID level. 10 (Optional) Set Size (in MB) to a lower number if you do not want to use the entire available capacity for the new virtual disk. 11 (Optional) Change the other Virtual Disk Properties, if desired. For more information, see Understanding Virtual Disk Parameters. NOTE: You cannot change the default Volume Name if Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager is running in a language that uses the Double Byte Character Set. The default Volume Name must be kept. 12 Click Accept to accept the configuration of the new virtual disk. The RAID 0 virtual disk appears in the left panel under New Virtual Disk. NOTE: If you want to undo a virtual disk that you just defined, click on the virtual disk option, and then click the Reclaim button . (For more information, see the Glossary entry for reclaim virtual disk.) The array will display under Arrays. You can then start at step 7 to create a new virtual disk. 13 Click Next to go to the next configuration step. The Virtual Disk Summary window appears. Configuration 31

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Configuration
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NOTICE:
Be sure you do not select the disk drive on which the operating
system is installed.
NOTE:
To remove a drive from a proposed new disk group, select the drive
icon in the right panel and click the left-arrow
Remove
button.
5
Click
Accept
to accept these drives for the new RAID disk group.
6
To add a hotspare to an array, select an available drive in the left panel, and
then select the array from the drop-down menu, and click
Add HotSpare
To
.
NOTE:
Hot spares are not available for RAID 0.
7
Click
Next
. The next Configuration Wizard window appears.
The
Arrays
box lists the new disk group (array) that you just defined, plus
any existing disk groups with holes (free space) that you can use for a new
configuration.
8
In the
Arrays
box, click the checkbox to select the disk group to use for the
new virtual disk.
9
In the right panel under Virtual Disk Properties, select the desired RAID
level.
10
(Optional) Set
Size (in MB)
to a lower number if you do not want to use
the entire available capacity for the new virtual disk.
11
(Optional) Change the other Virtual Disk Properties, if desired. For more
information, see
Understanding Virtual Disk Parameters
.
NOTE:
You cannot change the default Volume Name if Dell SAS RAID Storage
Manager is running in a language that uses the Double Byte Character Set.
The default Volume Name must be kept.
12
Click
Accept
to accept the configuration of the new virtual disk. The
RAID 0 virtual disk appears in the left panel under New Virtual Disk.
NOTE:
If you want to undo a virtual disk that you just defined, click on the
virtual disk option, and then click the
Reclaim
button . (For more information,
see the
Glossary entry
for
reclaim virtual disk
.) The array will display under
Arrays
. You can then start at
step 7
to create a new virtual disk.
13
Click
Next
to go to the next configuration step. The Virtual Disk Summary
window appears.