IBM 86607SU Hardware Maintenance Manual - Page 111
To create a disk array using the EZ-RAID configuration, feature, Rebuild/Device Management, Enter.,
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Physical RDY Drives Available 1 2 3 4-9 Logical Drive RAID Level 0 1 5 5 Hot-Spare Available No No No Yes For example, if the server contains six drives that are in the RDY state, the EZ-RAID configuration feature will use five drives to create one disk array and define it as one RAID level 5 logical drive. The remaining drive is defined as a hot-spare drive. If you want to use the EZ-RAID configuration feature to create multiple disk arrays, you might need to change the device states of some of the drives to prevent them from being included in the first array. To create a disk array using the EZ-RAID configuration feature: 1. Start the ServeRAID Configuration program (see "Starting the ServeRAID Configuration program" on page 77). 2. If you want to include all RDY drives in the array, continue with step 3. Otherwise, change the device states of the RDY drives that you do not want to include in the array to SBY. To do this: a. Select Rebuild/Device Management from the Main Menu; then, press Enter. b. Select Set Device State from the next menu; then, press Enter. c. Use the Up Arrow (↑) or Down Arrow (↓) key to highlight the drive that you do not want to include in the array; then, press Enter. d. When the drive states pop-up window appears, select SBY; then, press Enter. e. Repeat steps 2b through 2d for each RDY drive that you do not want to include in the array; then, press Esc to return to the Main Menu. Note After you run EZ-RAID configuration, you can change the device states back to RDY. 3. Select EZ-RAID Configuration from the Main Menu; then, press Enter. Information about the disk-array configuration appears on the screen. 4. When the Confirm pop-up window appears, select Yes; then, press Enter. The drives are automatically initialized. RAID level 5 drives are synchronized in the background. 5. If you are creating multiple arrays and you set some of the devices to another state using the procedure in step 2, use that procedure to set the devices for the Netfinity 5500 - Type 8660 103