HP NetRAID 1Si Controller - Manual (Page 39)

Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant
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The Logical Drive Parameters box shows the number of the logical drive
being defined and has boxes to set its RAID level and size.
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The Advanced button leads to more parameters, which are preset but can
be changed.
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The Span Arrays check box turns array spanning on or off.
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The Logical Devices box depicts the arrays on the current adapter, the
logical drives on each array, and the global hot spare pool for the adapter.
Logical drives are labeled as "new" and as LD0 through LD7. Click the +
sign in the yellow diamond if the view is collapsed (logical drives are
hidden).
The HP NetRAID Assistant Wizard is ready for you to set the parameters of the
new logical drive.
To define a logical drive that does not span:
1. Make sure that the Span Arrays box does not have a check mark in it; if it
does, click the box to remove the check mark.
2. Set the RAID level by clicking the arrow and selecting the RAID level
from the pull-down menu.
3. Set the size by either accepting the default in the box, or by clicking in the
Size box and typing a smaller size. Setting a smaller size leaves space for
another logical drive on the same array.
4. Set the stripe size, read policy, write policy, or cache policy, by clicking
the Advanced button to display the Advanced Parameter window. Click
the arrows to view the choices, and select the ones you want. Disregard the
Virtual Sizing check box. Click OK to return to the Logical Drive
Definition window.
5. When the logical drive parameters are set, click the Accept button.
The next logical drive to be defined is displayed. If there is still space in
the current array, the new logical drive is on it.
6. Define any other logical drives on the current array that will not span.
HP NetRAID Assistant Wizard keeps creating logical drives on the same
array until its capacity is used fully, or until there are eight logical drives
on the adapter.