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Table 2 Configuration parameters
Parameter Description
Name RAID array name.
RAID Level
RAID level, which determines the performance, fault tolerance
capability, and capacity for the logical drive.
Select Disks
Select member drives for the RAID array. Available drives are
displayed under
Select Disks
. Press
Enter
to select drives.
[X]
indicates that the corresponding drive has been selected.
Strip Size
Stripe size, which determines the size of the data block that can be
written into a stripe on each drive.
Capacity Logical drive capacity.
3. The screen as shown in Figure 10 opens.
After the RAID volume is created, the RAID volume is displayed in the RAID Volumes
directory. To view details about a RAID volume, select the RAID volume, and press Enter.
Details about a RAID volume include the RAID array name, RAID level, and member drives.
Figure 10 Viewing the created RAID volume
Configuring a hot spare drive
This task configures a global hot spare drive. The hot spare drive is effective for all created RAID
volumes. Multiple hot spare drives can be created to protect multiple RAID volumes.
hot spare drives configured, if a RAID level is degraded due to drive failures, hot spare drives
replace the failed drives
automatically. The system starts RAID rebuilding automatically after
To configure a hot spare drive:
1. On the VROC SATA configuration screen as shown in Figure 11, select a drive to configure as
a hot spare drive, and press Enter.