Promise Technology Vess A6120 - Creating a Disk Array (CLU); Creating a Disk Array - Automatic (CLU)

Creating a Disk Array (CLU)
The CLU provides three methods of creating a disk array:
• Automatic–Createsanewdiskarrayfollowingadefaultsetofparameters.Createsahot
sparedriveforallRAIDlevelsexceptRAID0,whenveormoreunconguredphysicaldrives
areavailable.Youcanacceptorrejecttheproposedarrangementbutyoucannotmodifyit.See
“CreatingaDiskArray–Automatic”
• Express–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areall
identical.CreatesahotsparedriveforallRAIDlevelsexceptRAID0.See“CreatingaDisk
Array–Express”
• Advanced–Enablesyoutospecifyallparametersforanewdiskarray,logicaldrivesand
sparedrives.See“CreatingaDiskArray–Advanced”
Creating a Disk Array – Automatic (CLU)
To create a disk array using the Automatic feature:
1. Main Menu >> Disk Array Management >> Create New Array >> Conguration
Method
2. Press the spacebar to toggle to Automatic.
3. Press Control-A to save your settings and move to the next screen.
4. Review the proposed conguration of disk array and logical drives.
• Toaccepttheproposedcongurationandcreatethediskarrayandlogical
drives,highlightSave settings and ContinueandpressEnter.
• Torejecttheproposedconguration,highlightReturn to previous menu
andpressEnter.YoureturntotheDiskArraysSummaryscreen.
Tocreateadiskarraywithdifferentcharacteristics,repeatthestepsabovespecify-
ingdifferentparametersbutchoosetheExpressorAdvancedoption.
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