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Chapter 3: Setup
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Advanced
When you choose the Advanced option, the Create Disk Array screen appears.
Step 1 – Disk Array Creation
1. Enter your information and choose your options.
• Enter a disk array alias in the field provided.
• Check the box to enable Media Patrol
• Check the box to enable Predictive Data Migration (PDM)
• Check the box to enable Power Management
• Choose a media type – Hard disk drive (HDD) or solid state drive (SSD)
2. Mouse-over the enclosure graphic to view information about physical drives.
Look for drives with a green LED dark, a blue LED lit, and no crosshatching
over the carrier.
3. Click a physical drive to select it for your array.
The physical drive’s ID number is added to the Selected list.
4. Click the Next button to continue.
The Create Logical Drive screen appears.
Step 2 – Logical Drive Creation
1. Enter your information and choose your options.
• Enter a logical drive alias in the field provided.
• Choose a RAID level from the dropdown menu.
The choice of RAID levels depends on the number of physical drives in
your array.
• Note the Max: capacity value. Then enter a capacity value the field
provided and choose a unit of measure from the dropdown menu.
• Choose a stripe size from the dropdown menu.
The choices are 64 KB, 128 KB, 256 KB, 512 KB, and 1 MB.
• Choose a sector size from the dropdown menu.
The choices are 512 B, 1 KB, 2 KB, and 4 KB.
• Choose the Read Cache Policy from the dropdown menu
The choices are Read Cache, Read Ahead (cache), and None.
• Choose the Write Cache Policy from the dropdown menu
Note
For an explanation of the parameters under the Advanced option,
see “Chapter 7: Technology Background” on page 259.