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8.

Click Accept to accept the configuration of the new virtual disk.

Note:

Click the Reclaim button if you want to undo a virtual disk
that you just defined.

9.

Click Next to continue with the next configuration step.

The Virtual Disk Summary window appears.

10. Review the configuration shown in the Virtual Disk Summary window.

If you want to change something, click Back and change the
configuration parameters.

11. Click Finish to accept the configuration and start the initialization

process (unless you selected No Initialization earlier).

7.1.5

Using Manual Configuration: RAID 1

Follow these steps to create a RAID 1 storage configuration using the
Manual Configuration mode of the Configuration Wizard:

1.

In the first Manual Configuration window, shown in

Figure 7.5

, select

two available drives in the left panel. Click the Right Arrow button to
move the selected drives to the right panel.

Note:

MegaRAID Storage Manager software will not allow you to
select the disk drive on which the operating system is
installed or any other drives that are already part of a
configuration.

2.

Click Accept to accept these drives for the new RAID 1 array.

3.

To add a hotspare to an array, select an available drive in the left
panel. Select the array from the drop-down menu, and click Add
Hotspare To
, as shown in

Figure 7.7

.

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