Integrated HP NetRAID Controller Config. Guide
Chapter 5 Configuration
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The window is ready for you to define Logical Drive 0.
• The Logical Drive Parameters box shows the number of the logical drive
being defined and has boxes to set its RAID level and size.
• The Span Arrays check box turns array spanning on or off.
• The Advanced button leads to more parameters, which are preset but can
be changed.
• The Logical Devices box depicts the arrays, the logical drives on each
array, and the global hot spare pool. Logical drives are labeled as new and
as LD0 through LD7. Click on the + sign in the yellow diamond if the
view is collapsed (logical drives are hidden).
The HP NetRAID Assistant Wizard is ready for you to set the parameters of the
new logical drive.
To define a logical drive that does not span arrays:
1. Make sure that the Span Arrays box does not have a check mark in it. If it
does, click on it to remove the check.
2. Set the RAID level by clicking the arrow and selecting the RAID level
from the pull-down menu.
3. Set the logical drive size by either accepting the default in the box or by
clicking in the Size box and typing a smaller size. Setting a smaller size
leaves space for another logical drive on the same array.
4. Set the stripe size, read policy, write policy, or cache policy, by clicking
the Advanced button to display the Advanced Parameter window. Click
the arrows to view the choices, and select the ones you want. Disregard
the Virtual Sizing check box because you can change this parameter only
in the HP NetRAID Express Tools utility. Click OK to return to the
Logical Drive Definition window.
5. When the logical drive parameters are set, click the Accept button.
The next logical drive to be defined is displayed. If there is still space in
the current array, the new logical drive appears in the current array.
6. Define any other logical drives on the current array that will not span to
the next array. HP NetRAID Assistant Wizard keeps creating logical
drives on the same array until its capacity is used fully, or until there are
eight logical drives defined.