Chapter 7. Configuring Units
84 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2
Figure 40. Configuring a Unit in 3DM2
4In the Type field, select the RAID configuration you want.
5 If stripe size applies to the RAID type you select, select a
Stripe Size.
(Stripe size does not apply to RAID 1.)
6 Optional: In the
Name box, enter a name for the unit (up to 21 characters,
including dashes and underscores).
7 If you have 12 drives attached to the controller and selected RAID 50 as
the configuration in step 3, select whether you want 3, 4, or 6 Drives Per
Subunit, as shown here.
Figure 41. Configuring a RAID 50 with 12 Drives
8 Make changes to the unit policies, as desired. You can enable or disable
the
Write Cache, Auto-Verify, and Overwrite ECC. You can also set the
StorSave policy, the Rapid RAID Recovery policy, and the Read Cache
policy
For details about these settings, see “Setting Unit Policies” on page 100.