HP Smart Array 6400 Series Controllers Support Guide, September 2007

NOTE: Pressing the F8 key at the ORCA prompt may not start ORCA on all terminals. If ORCA
does not start when you press the F8 key, reboot the system and use ESC 8 at the ORCA prompt
to start ORCA.
Figure 2-3 ORCA Main Menu Screen
To create a logical drive using ORCA, follow these steps:
1. Select Create Logical Drive. The screen displays a list of all available (unconfigured) physical
drives and the valid RAID options for the system.
2. Use the arrow keys, space bar, and Tab key to navigate around the screen and set up the
logical drive, including an online spare drive if one is required.
NOTE: You cannot use ORCA to configure a single spare drive to be shared among several
arrays. To configure shared spare drives, you must use the saconfig command on the CLI.
3. Press Enter to accept the settings.
4. Press F8 to confirm the settings and save the new configuration. After several seconds, the
Configuration Saved screen is displayed.
5. Press Enter to continue.
6. Create another logical drive by repeating steps 1-5 if necessary.
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