Advanced array setup, For the detailed configuration procedures, Using new configuration – Dell PERC 4/SI User Manual
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Respond to the Save prompt.
After you respond to the prompt, the Configure menu appears.
21.
Press <Esc> to return to the Management Menu.
The logical drives you configured need to be initialized to prepare them for use.
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Select Initialize on the Management Menu.
The configured logical drives display.
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Use the arrow key to highlight a logical drive, then press the spacebar to select a logical drive or press<F2> to select all the logical drives.
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Press <F10> to initialize the selected logical drive(s) and select Yes at the prompt.
A progress bar displays.
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When the initialization is complete, press <Esc> to return to the Management Menu.
Advanced Array Setup
The following procedures describe more advanced array and logical drive setups. The difference between simple setup and advanced setup is that you can
select drive size and span arrays in advanced setup. The configuration utilities offer New Configuration and View/Add Configuration options, which are
described in the following procedures.
Using New Configuration
If you select New Configuration, the existing configuration information on the selected controller is destroyed when the new configuration is saved. In
New Configuration, you can modify the following logical drive parameters:
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RAID level
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Logical drive size
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Stripe size
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Write policy
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Read policy
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Cache policy
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Spanning of arrays
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Select Configure—> New Configuration from the Management Menu.
Hot key information appears at the bottom of the screen.
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Press the arrow keys to highlight specific physical drives.
3.
Press the spacebar to associate the selected physical drive with the current array.
NOTE:
When the Fast Initialization option in the Objects→ Adapter menu is set to Disabled, a full initialization takes place on the entire logical
drive. On a larger array (over 5 arrays), it is best to set fast initialization to Disabled, then initialize. Otherwise, the controller will run a
background consistency check within five minutes of reboot or RAID 5 creation.
NOTE:
A full initialization will not resume after a power loss; it will start completely over.
NOTICE:
Selecting New Configuration erases the existing configuration information on the selected controller. To use the existing configuration, use
View/Add Configuration.