Compaq StorageWorks Getting Started RAID Array 3000 for Microsoft Windows Installation Guide (AA-RACZD-TE, January 2001)

Installing Command Console Client and Creating Your First Virtual Disk 6-17

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16. Set the mode for both controllers to Window NT.

NOTE: Each controller is configured to control one SCSI host port. In order to utilize both

controllers, you must connect each SCSI port to a host bus adapter. The two adapters can

be in one host system or in two different host systems or use BN21W-0B (Y-cable) to two

BN38E-0B then BN37A-05.

Creating Your First Virtual Disk

Command Console Client can create a number of different types of logical

storage units called virtual disks on your RAID Array 3000. You can create:

■ Single-device virtual disks (JBODs)

■ Striped virtual disks (RAID 0)

■ Mirrored virtual disks (RAID 1)

■ Striped mirrored virtual disks (RAID 0+1)

■ Striped parity virtual disks with fixed parity disk (RAID 4)

■ Striped parity virtual disks with floating parity disk (RAID 5)

Starting the Wizard

Virtual disks are created using Command Console Client’s Virtual Disk

Wizard.

After you have established a serial connection to your RAID Array 3000

subsystem and have accessed the subsystem’s Storage Window, Select Add

Virtual Disk from the Storage menu to start the Virtual Disk Wizard.