HP NetRAID 1Si Controller User Manual

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Chapter 4

HP NetRAID Express Tools

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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.

F2

Display the manufacturer data and the adapter error count
for the highlighted drive.

F3

Display the logical drives that have been configured.

F4

Designate the highlighted drive as a hot spare.

F10

Display the logical drive configuration window for the
current array.

3. Press the arrow keys to highlight Ready physical drives. Press the

Spacebar to associate the highlighted physical drive with 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 if 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 are finished 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.

5. Press F10 to configure logical drives. The logical drive configuration

window appears, as shown below:

The window shows the logical drive that is currently being configured as
well as any existing logical drives. The column headings are, from left to
right:

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