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B-5

MS-7751

Append

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In the Dsk field, press <Enter> key and use <Space> key to select the dsks you

want to create for the RAID volume, then clck <Enter> key to finsh selecton. Ths

field wll become avalable accordng to the selected RAID level.
Then select the strp sze for the RAID array by usng the “upper arrow”

or “down arrow” keys to scroll through the avalable values, and pressng

the <Enter> key to select and advance to the next field. The avalable val-

ues range from 4KB to 128 KB n power of 2 ncrements. The strp sze should

be chosen based on the planned drve usage. Here are some typcal values:

RAID0 -128KB / RAID10 - 64KB / RAID5 - 64KB. Ths field wll become avalable

accordng to the selected RAID level.
Then select the capacty of the volume n the Capacty field. The default value s the

maxmum volume capacty of the selected dsks.

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CREATE VOLUME MENU

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HELP

Name :

The default value ndcates the maxmum capacty usng the selected

dsks. Enterng a lower capacty allows you to create a second

volume on these dsks.

[ ↑↓] - Change [TAB] - Next [ESC] - Prevous Menu [ENTER] - Select

RAID Level :

Dsks :

Strp Sze :

Capacty :

Sync :

Volume0

RAID1(Mrror)

Select Dsks

N / A

XXX.X GB

N / A

Create Volume

Important

Snce you want to create two volumes, ths default sze (maxmum) needs to be re-

duced. Type n a new sze for the first volume. As an example: f you want the first

volume to span the first half of the two dsks, re-type the sze to be half of what s shown

by default. The second volume, when created, wll automatcally span the remander of

two hard drves.

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