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a
Select the appropriate RAID level in the
Select Raid Level
field. You
can select RAID levels 0, 1/10, 6, and 5. Depending on your RAID level
selection, the physical disks available for the selected RAID level is
displayed in the
Select Capacity
table.
b
In the
Select Capacity
table, select the relevant disk group capacity
and click
Finish
.
7
For manual configuration, the
Manual Physical Disk Selection
window is
displayed.
a
Select the appropriate RAID level in Select RAID level. You can select
RAID levels 0, 1/10, 6, and 5. Depending on your RAID level selection,
the physical disks available for the selected RAID level is displayed in
Unselected Physical Disks
table.
b
In the
Unselected Physical Disks
table, select the appropriate physical
disks and click
Add
.
NOTE: You can select multiple physical disks at the same time by holding
<Ctrl> or <Shift> and selecting additional physical disks.
8
Click
Calculate Capacity
to view the capacity of the new disk group.
9
Click
Finish
. A message is displayed confirming that the disk group is
successfully created and that you must create at least one virtual disk
before you can use the capacity of the new disk group.
To create virtual disks:
1
Choose one of these methods to start the
Create Virtual Disk Wizard
:
• To create a virtual disk from unconfigured capacity in the storage
array—On the
Logical
tab, select an unconfigured capacity
node and
select
Virtual Disk
ď‚®
Create
.
Alternatively, right-click the unconfigured capacity node and select
Create Virtual Disk
from the pop-up menu.
• To create a virtual disk from free capacity on a disk group—On the
Logical
tab, select a free capacity
node and select
Virtual Disk
ď‚®
Create
.
Alternatively, right-click the free capacity
node and select
Create
Virtual Disk
from the pop-up menu.
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