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Galaxy G3G12 / G3G16 - Installation and Hardware Reference Manual
160 Section 5 Management with CLU
2. Highlight Create New Array and press Enter.
3. Highlight Configuration Method and press the spacebar to toggle to Express.
4. Highlight Configuration Method and press to spacebar to select each of the following
characteristics for your disk array:
• Redundancy
• Capacity
• Performance
• Spare Drive
5. Highlight Number of Logical Drives and press the backspace key to erase the current value.
6. Enter the number of logical drives you want.
7. Highlight Application Type and press the spacebar to toggle though the applications and select
the best one for your disk array.
• File Server
• Video Stream
• Transaction Data
• Transaction Log
• Other
8. Press Ctrl-A to save your settings and move to the next screen.
9. Review the proposed configuration of disk array and logical drive(s).
To accept the proposed configuration and create the disk array and logical drive(s), highlight Save
Configuration and press Enter.
To reject the proposed configuration, highlight Cancel Array Configuration and press Enter. You
will return to the Disk Arrays Summary screen.
To create a disk array with different characteristics, highlight Create New Array and press Enter.
Repeat the steps above specifying different parameters.
Creating a Disk Array – Advanced
For more information on the choices below, see “Chapter 7: Technology Background”
To create a disk array using the Advanced feature:
1. From the Main Menu, highlight Disk Array Management and press Enter.
2. Highlight Create New Array and press Enter.
3. Highlight Configuration Method and press the spacebar to toggle to Advanced.
• Choose whether to enable Media Patrol and PDM.
4. If you want to specify an alias to the disk array, highlight Alias and type a name.
• Maximum of 32 characters. Use letters, numbers, space between words and underscore.
5. Highlight Save Settings and Continue and press Enter.
6. Highlight a physical drive you want to add to your array and press the spacebar to select it.
• Repeat this action until you have selected all the physical drives for your array.
7. Highlight Save Settings and Continue and press Enter.
8. If you want to specify an alias to the logical drive, highlight Alias and type a name.
• Maximum of 32 characters. Use letters, numbers, space between words and underscore.
9. Highlight RAID Level and press the spacebar to toggle though a list of available RAID levels.
• If you want to create multiple logical drives, highlight Capacity, press the backspace key to remove
the current value, then type a new smaller value.