Smart Array 5i Plus Controller and Battery Backed Write Cache Enabler User Guide

Configuring an Array
Compaq Smart Array 5i Plus Controller and Battery Backed Write Cache Enabler User Guide 7-23
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Writer: Amy L. Laffitte File Name: h-ch7 Configuring an Array
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2. Click Expand in the Array box.
3. In the left-hand panel of the Expand Array A dialog box, select the unassigned
4.3-GB drive.
4. Click Assign Drive to Array in the middle of the screen.
Figure 7-19: Assign Drive to Array button
5. Click Next at the bottom of the screen. The screen shown in Figure 7-20 is
displayed.
Figure 7-20: Expansion Wizard – Create Logical Drives
screen
6. Click Create Logical Drive.
7. Set the fault tolerance, stripe size, array accelerator, and size for the second
logical drive that you want to create on Array A.
8. Click Done to return to the Create Logical Drives screen.
9. Click Done again to return to the ACU Main Configuration screen.
10. On the menu bar, select Controller, Save Configuration. The settings for the
second logical drive are saved and the capacity expansion process begins.