HP NetRAID 1 Controller - Manual (Page 54)

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After you respond to the Save prompt, you will return to the Configure menu.
9. Initialize the logical drives you have just configured; refer to Initializing logical drives later
in this section.
Creating Arrays Using New Configuration
The New Configuration option allows you to associate logical drives with partial and/or multiple
physical arrays (the latter is called spanning of arrays).
NOTE Choosing the New Configuration option erases the existing configuration
information on the selected adapter.
To use the spanning feature and keep the existing configuration, use View/Add Configuration.
1. Choose Configure from the HP NetRAID Express Tools Management Menu.
2. Choose New Configuration from the Configure menu. An array selection window is
displayed showing the devices connected to the current adapter. Hot key information appears
at the bottom of the screen. The hot key functions are:
F2 Displays physical drive information.
F3 Displays the logical drives that have been configured.
F4 Designates the highlighted drive as a hot spare.
F10 Display the logical drive configuration screen.
Before you can press F10 to start the configuration, you must press Enter to End the Array.
3. Press the arrow keys to highlight specific physical drives. Press the spacebar to associate the
highlighted physical drive with the current array. The indicator for the selected drive changes
from READY to ONLIN A[array number]-[drive number]. For example, ONLIN A2-3
means disk drive 3 in array 2.
Add physical drives to the current array as desired. Try to use drives of the same capacity in a
specific array. If you use drives with different capacities in an array, all the drives in the array
are treated as though they have the capacity of the smallest drive in the array.
The number of physical drives in a specific array determines the RAID levels that can be
implemented with the array.
4. Press Enter when you finish creating the current array. To continue defining arrays, repeat
step 3. To begin logical drive configuration, go to step 5.
5. Press F10 to configure logical drives. The logical drive configuration screen appears, as
shown below:
The window at the top of the screen shows the logical drive that is currently being configured as
well as any existing logical drives. The column headings are, from left to right:
LD The logical drive number
RAID The RAID level
Size The logical drive size
#Stripes The number of stripes (physical drives) in the
associated physical array
StrpSz The stripe size
Drive-State The state of the logical drive
6. Set the RAID level for the logical drive. Highlight RAID and press Enter. A list of the
available RAID levels for the current logical drive appears. Select a RAID level and press
Enter to confirm.