HP NetRAID 1Si Controller - Manual (Page 72)

Chapter 3 HP NetRAID Config
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in an array, all the drives in the array are treated as though they have the
capacity of the smallest drive. The number of physical drives in an array
determines the RAID levels that can be implemented with the array.
6. Press Enter when you are finished creating the current array. To continue
defining arrays, repeat Steps 3 through 5. To configure your logical drives,
go to Step 7.
7. Press F10 to configure logical drives. The logical drive configuration
window appears. The window shows the logical drive that is currently
being configured as well as any existing logical drives.
8. To set the RAID level for the logical drive, highlight RAID and press
Enter. The available RAID levels for the current logical drives are listed.
Select a RAID level and press Enter to confirm.
9. If you want to create a spanned array, highlight Span and press Enter. The
choices are:
•
CanSpan: Array spanning is enabled for the current logical drive. The
drive can occupy space in more than one array.
•
NoSpan: Array spanning is disabled for the current logical drive. The
drive can occupy space in only one array.
The default setting is NoSpan.
NOTE The arrays to be spanned must have sequential array numbers
and must contain the same number of physical drives.
If you select CanSpan, HP NetRAID Assistant will attempt to
span up to four arrays. Array spanning stops when:
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It has created a logical drive of the size you specify in
Step 10 below.
•
The next sequentially numbered array has a different
number of drives.
Spanned arrays must contain the same number of drives in
each array.
10. To set the logical drive size, move the cursor to Size and press Enter. By
default, the logical drive size is set to use all available space in the array(s)
associated with the current logical drive. If you set the Span parameter to
CanSpan in Step 9, the current logical drive uses all space in the current
array, and all space in up to three subsequent arrays with the same number
of drives.