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R-Series Data Center Products User’s Guide Chassis and Blade Installation • 69
3. From the Name field, type a name for the RAID volume you are creating (there is
a 16-character maximum and special characters are not allowed). Press Enter
after typing the name.
4. Use the arrow keys to scroll through the menu of RAID levels (R3040S supports
RAID levels 0, 1, 10, and 5). Select a level and then press Enter.
5. If you are configuring RAID 10, skip this step and continue to step 7
. Select
Disks is highlighted. Press ENTER to specify disks to add to the volume.
6. Select disks to add to the volume:
– RAID 0: Select 2 to 4 disks as described below.
– RAID 1: Select 2 disks as described below.
– RAID 5: Select 3 to 4 disks as described below.
Use the arrow keys to highlight a disk to add and then press the SPACEBAR to
select it. A green icon ( ) adjacent to the disk name indicates that the disk is
selected. After selecting disks to add to the volume, press ENTER.
7. If you are configuring RAID 1, skip this step and continue to step 8
. Use the
arrow keys to specify a strip size, and then press ENTER.
8. Specify a volume capacity and press ENTER.
9. Select Create Volume, and then press ENTER. The utility displays a warning
message indicating that you will loose all data on the disks that you add to the
volume.
10. Press the Y key to create the volume and display the Main Menu. Information
about the volume you just created and each disk in the volume is displayed in the
DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION area.
11. Press ESC to exit and then press Y. The blade will attempt to boot.
12. Power off the blade. You can now continue to install a supported OS on the blade
as described in the following section.
Installing a Windows OS on a RAID Volume
This section describes how to install an operating system from an optical disk and
include RAID drivers during installation.
These instructions assume that you are:
• REQUIRED: Installing RAID drivers from a USB 3½-inch floppy drive
• Installing a Windows operating system from an optical disc
To connect the external drives to your blade, ClearCube recommends that you connect
a USB hub to the USB port on the front of the R3040S, and then connect the floppy
drive and the optical disk drive to the USB hub.
1. Ensure that you have all required drivers (RAID drivers, chipset drivers, network
[NIC] drivers, and video drivers).
a. You can download an archive file containing all drivers for an R3040S from
the ClearCube Support site:
http://www.clearcube.com/support/