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| PC Server 500 - Creating a disk
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Creating a
Disk Array
To create a disk
array:
1. Start
the RAID configuration program. See 'Starting the RAID
Configuration Program´.
Note: To create an
array using hard disks in an existing array, refer to
'Redefining Space in an Array´.
2. Select
Create/delete array from the Main Menu.
3. Select
Create disk array from the Create/Delete Array
menu.
The cursor will be active in the Bay/Array
selection list.
Important
In the following
step, when you press Enter to select a drive for an array, you
cannot deselect it by pressing Enter again, as you can with
the hot-spare selection process. Carefully determine which
drives you want to include in the array before beginning the
selection process.
If you change your mind after
selecting the drives for an array, you can delete the array
(by selecting Delete disk array from the Create/Delete Array
menu) and begin again.
4. Select each drive you want in
the array by using the Up Arrow (« ) key or the Down Arrow
(» ) key to highlight the drive and then pressing Enter. As
you select each drive, the status will change from RDY (Ready)
to ONL (Online).
5. When you have selected all the
drives you want to include in the array, press Esc. The cursor
will become active in the menu.
6. If you have drives
you did not use in this array and you want to create another
array, you can do one of the following:
- Define the
logical drive or drives for this array; then create another
array and its logical drives. See 'Defining Logical
Drives.´
- Create another array now by repeating steps 2
through 5 in this procedure; then define logical drives for
both arrays.
Note
You must define at least
one logical drive for each created array before you can exit
the configuration program.
Continue with 'Defining
Logical Drives.´ |
| Document id: DDSE-3UXM8Z
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| Last modified: 1999-01-25
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| Copyright © 2002 IBM Corporation
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