Microsemi Adaptec ASR-8405E - Creating an Array with Maxview Storage Manager

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6.2.2 Creating an Array with maxView Storage Manager
This section describes how to use the maxView Storage Manager conguration wizard to build an array.
Note: Before you begin, download the maxView Storage Manager bootable USB image
at start.microsemi.com, then copy the bootable image to a USB ash drive. For details,
refer to the maxView Storage Manager User's Guide.
To create a RAID 5 array:
1. Insert the bootable USB drive on the machine you want to congure.
The Boot menu opens in a shell window.
2. Select Launch maxView from the menu.
After a minute or so, the maxView Storage Manager login screen opens in a browser window.
3. Enter root/root for the login credentials.
4. On the ribbon, in the Logical Disk group, click Create Logical Drive.
5. When the wizard opens, ensure that Express Conguration is selected, then click Next.
6. Review the logical drive conguration summary.
Note: maxView Storage Manager uses the term logical drive when referring to an
array (see Terminology Used in this Guideterminology).
The following example shows a RAID 5 array, ready to be created.
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