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Creating RAID 1 Arrays

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message appears: Do you want to make this array bootable? 5. Select Yes if you want to make the array bootable. The following message appears: Create Array? 6. Select Yes. The following message appears: Are you sure? 7. Select Yes and press to create a RAID 0 array. After your array is created, you will automatically return to the Main menu. Creating RAID 1 Arrays There are two ways to create a RAID 1 array. You can create a new RAID 1 array or you can migrate from an existing single drive to a RAID 1 array. To create a RAID 1 array using either option: 1. From the Select RAID Type window, select RAID-1. Select the hard drives you want using the Spacebar to toggle, then press . The RAID-1 Build Option window appears. 2. Select an option and press . The options you can choose are: Create new RAID-1-is the default option. Copy from (11) to (12)-copy from a source drive to a target drive if the source is equal to or smaller than the target. Copy from (12) to (11)-copy from a source drive to a target drive if the source is equal to or smaller than the target. NOTE: If a valid partition table or boot block is detected in the target drive, you will get a warning message that the information will be destroyed. 3. Assign a RAID name by entering up to 15 alphabetic or numeric characters, then press . The following message appears: Do you want to make this array bootable? 4. Select Yes if you want to make the array bootable. The following message appears: Create Array? 5. Select Yes. The following message appears:

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message appears:
Do you want to make this array bootable?
5. Select
Yes
if you want to make the array bootable. The following message appears:
Create Array?
6. Select
Yes
. The following message appears:
Are you sure?
7. Select
Yes
and press <Enter> to create a RAID 0 array. After your array is created, you will automatically return
to the
Main
menu.
Creating RAID 1 Arrays
There are two ways to create a RAID 1 array. You can create a new RAID 1 array or you can migrate from an existing
single drive to a RAID 1 array. To create a RAID 1 array using either option:
1. From the
Select RAID Type
window, select
RAID-1
. Select the hard drives you want using the Spacebar to
toggle, then press <Enter>. The
RAID-1 Build Option
window appears.
2. Select an option and press <Enter>.
The options you can choose are:
Create new RAID-1—
is the default option.
Copy from (11) to (12)—
copy from a source drive to a target drive if the source is equal to or smaller
than the target.
Copy from (12) to (11)—
copy from a source drive to a target drive if the source is equal to or smaller
than the target.
NOTE: If a valid partition table or boot block is detected in the target drive, you will get a warning message that
the information will be destroyed.
3. Assign a RAID name by entering up to 15 alphabetic or numeric characters, then press <Enter>. The following
message appears:
Do you want to make this array bootable?
4. Select
Yes
if you want to make the array bootable. The following message appears:
Create Array?
5. Select
Yes
. The following message appears: