Promise Technology Vess A Series - Creating Your Logical Drives

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Vess A6000 Series NVR Server Promise Technology
Creating yOur lOgiCal driveS
On a newly activated Vess A6120 system, there are no disk arrays or logical drives. To create a logical drive:
1. Log in to Web PAM PROe. If there are no arrays congured, you will be automatically directed to the
Disk Array Conguration menu.
Disk Array menu (when no arrays present)
2. The Disk Array Conguration menu offers three options for conguration. Choose one of the options:
• AutomaticConguration–Createsanewdiskarrayfollowingadefaultsetofparameters.Makesone
logicaldriveautomatically.AlsomakesahotsparedriveforallRAIDlevelsexceptRAID0,ifatleast
fourunconguredphysicaldrivesareavailable.
• ExpressConguration-Youchoosetheparametersforanewdiskarraybyspecifyingthe
characteristicsyouwant.Youcancreatemultiplelogicaldrivesatthesametime,howevertheywillall
beidentical.YoucanchoosetomakeahotsparedriveforallRAIDlevelsexceptRAID0,ifatleastfour
unconguredphysicaldrivesareavailable
• AdvancedConguration–Youdirectlyspecifyallparametersforanewdiskarray.Makesonelogical
driveautomatically.Youcancreateadditionallogicaldrivesatalatertime,ifadditionalcongurable
capacityisavailable.Doesnotmakeahotsparedrive.
3. Click the Next button.