HP NetRAID 1Si Controller - Manual (Page 95)

Chapter 4 HP NetRAID Express Tools
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NOTE The New Configuration option erases the existing
configuration information on the selected adapter.
To create arrays by using New 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 window. The hot key
functions are:
Space Add the highlighted drive to the current array.
Enter Stop adding drives to the current array, and configure the
logical drive.
F10 Display the logical drive configuration window.
F2 Display drive information.
F3 Display the logical drives that have been configured so far.
F4 Designate the highlighted drive as a hot spare.
3. Press the arrow keys to highlight specific physical drives. Press the
Spacebar to add the highlighted physical drive to 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 array 2, disk
drive 3. Add physical drives to the current array as desired.
NOTE 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.
NOTE Before you press F10 to start the configuration of the logical
drive, you must press Enter to end configuration of the array.