HP NetRAID 1Si Controller - Manual (Page 4)

Contents
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Adding a Hot Spare ................................................................................. 39
Adding a New Logical Drive..................................................................... 39
Changing Logical Drives Currently in Use ................................................ 40
Reclaiming a Hot Spare........................................................................... 43
Changing Logical Drive Parameters......................................................... 43
Taking a Drive Offline/Online ................................................................... 43
E Managing Servers Over the Network ....................................................... 44
Before Starting HP NetRAID Assistant ..................................................... 44
Start HP NetRAID Assistant..................................................................... 45
Select Another Server-Adapter Pair ......................................................... 46
Exit HP NetRAID Assistant ...................................................................... 47
F Windows NT Monitor Service for HP NetRAID ......................................... 47
3 HP NetRAID Config.................................................................................... 49
Overview ..................................................................................................... 49
A Starting and Exiting HP NetRAID Config.................................................. 50
B HP NetRAID Config Management Menu Options ..................................... 50
Configure Menu....................................................................................... 51
Initialize Option........................................................................................ 51
Objects Menu .......................................................................................... 51
Format Option ......................................................................................... 56
Rebuild Option......................................................................................... 56
Check Consistency Option....................................................................... 56
Advanced Menu ...................................................................................... 57
C Configuring Arrays and Logical Drives..................................................... 57
Configuration Methods............................................................................. 57
Using Auto Configuration......................................................................... 58
Using Easy Configuration ........................................................................ 60
Using New Configuration ......................................................................... 62
Using View/Add Configuration ................................................................. 65
D Designating Drives as Hot Spares ........................................................... 67
E Initializing Logical Drives ......................................................................... 68
Batch Initialization.................................................................................... 68
Individual Initialization.............................................................................. 69
F Changing Logical Drives Currently in Use ................................................ 69
Changing the RAID Level of a Logical Drive ............................................ 70
Removing a Physical Drive from a Logical Drive ...................................... 71
Reclaiming a Hot Spare........................................................................... 72