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PROMISE Technology
Automatic Conguration
WhenyouchoosetheAutomaticoption,thefollowingparametersappearon
thescreen:
• Disk Arrays–Thenumberofphysicaldrivesinthediskarray,theirID
numbers,congurablecapacity,andthenumberoflogicaldrivestobe
created
• Logical Drives–TheIDnumberofthelogicaldrive(s),theirRAIDlevel,
capacity,andstripesize
• Spare Drives–Thephysicaldriveslotnumberofthededicatedhotspare
assignedtothisdiskarray.AhotsparedriveiscreatedforallRAIDlevels
exceptRAID0,whenveormoreunconguredphysicaldrivesareavailable
Figure 27: Automatic Disk Array Conguration menu
Ifyouaccepttheseparameters,clicktheSubmitbutton.
ThenewdiskarrayappearsintheDiskArrayListontheInformationtab.
IfyoudoNOTaccepttheseparameters,usetheExpressorAdvancedoptiontocreate
yourlogicaldrive.