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Array Setup - raid

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ON-Cache is set to Enable state OFF-Cache is set to Disable state Array Setup With SCSISelect, you can create arrays when you select the HostRAID® option. Creating Arrays Before creating the array, make sure the disks for the array are connected and installed in your system, then follow these steps: 1. Start SCSISelect . 2. Select Configure/View HostRAID Settings. 3. From the Main menu, press C to create a RAID array. NOTE: You must have at least two hard drives to create an array. NOTE: If the hard drive you select is already part of an array configuration, it will not be available for selection. 4. Select the RAID type you want to build. As you highlight the selections you will get an allowance message regarding minimum and maximum drives. Press . The allowance messages for the different RAID types are as follows: RAID-0 Min 2 drives, max 4 drives. RAID-1 Min 2 drives, max 2 drives. 5. From the Select RAID Member menu, press the Spacebar to select the hard drives you want to use in the array. An X will appear next to the drives you have selected. Creating RAID 0 Arrays To create a RAID 0 array: 1. From the Select RAID Type window, select RAID-0 and press . 2. Select the hard drives you want to use and press . 3. Select the stripe size and press . You can select from 16K, 32K, or 64K (default). If a partition exists on any of the selected drives, you will get a message that the partition will be deleted. 4. Assign a RAID name by entering up to 15 alphabetic or numeric characters, then press . The following

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ON
—Cache is set to
Enable
state
OFF
—Cache is set to
Disable
state
Array Setup
With SCSISelect, you can create arrays when you select the HostRAID® option.
Creating Arrays
Before creating the array, make sure the disks for the array are connected and installed in your system, then follow
these steps:
1. Start SCSISelect <Ctrl><A>.
2. Select
Configure/View HostRAID Settings
.
3. From the
Main
menu, press
C
to create a RAID array.
NOTE: You must have at least two hard drives to create an array.
NOTE: If the hard drive you select is already part of an array configuration, it will not be available for selection.
4. Select the RAID type you want to build. As you highlight the selections you will get an allowance message
regarding minimum and maximum drives. Press <Enter>.
The allowance messages for the different RAID types are as follows:
RAID-0
Min 2 drives, max 4 drives.
RAID-1
Min 2 drives, max 2 drives.
5. From the
Select RAID Member
menu, press the Spacebar to select the hard drives you want to use in the array.
An X will appear next to the drives you have selected.
Creating RAID 0 Arrays
To create a RAID 0 array:
1. From the
Select RAID Type
window, select
RAID-0
and press <Enter>.
2. Select the hard drives you want to use and press <Enter>.
3. Select the stripe size and press <Enter>. You can select from 16K, 32K, or 64K (default). If a partition exists on
any of the selected drives, you will get a message that the partition will be deleted.
4. Assign a RAID name by entering up to 15 alphabetic or numeric characters, then press <
Enter>
. The following