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Intel® RAID Software User Guide 172
Figure 96. Create Virtual Drive Screen
3. Select the RAID level desired for the virtual drive.
When you use simple configuration, the RAID controller supports RAID
levels 1,
5, and 6. In addition, it supports independent drives (configured as RAID 0). The
screen text gives a brief description of the RAID level you select. The RAID levels
you can choose depend on the number of drives available. To learn more about
RAID levels, see Chapter-2 “RAID Levels” on page 9
4. Click the box next to A
ssign a hot spare if you want to assign a hot spare drive to
the virtual drive. Hot spares are drives that are available to replace failed drives
automatically in a redundant virtual drive (RAID 1, RAID 5, or RAID 6).
Note: In
the simple configuration procedure, you can assign dedicated hot spares to
a maximum of 16 arrays at one time. This is because the dedicated hot spares
can support only up to 16 drive groups. If you try to create more than 16 drive
groups at one time, dedicated hot spares will not be assigned to drive groups
beyond the first 16.
To create more than 16 drive groups with hot s
pares, you need at least 35 drives of
the same capacity.
5. Select the number of virtual drives that you want to create.
6. Select the capacity for the virtual drives.
Each virtual drive has the same capac
ity.
7. Click Ne
xt.