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IBM DS8000 User Manual

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DS8000 Series: Concepts and Architecture

Figure 10-36 The Definition method panel

From the Definition method panel, if you choose

Create arrays automatically, the system

will automatically take all the space from the array site and place it into an array. Physical
disks from any array site could be placed, through a predetermined algorithm, into the array.
It is at this point that you create the RAID-5 or RAID-10 format and striping in the array being
created.

If you choose to create arrays automatically, the screen will advance to the Array
configuration (Auto) panel shown in Figure 10-37.

Figure 10-37 The Array configuration (Auto) panel

Enter the appropriate information for the quantity of the arrays and the RAID type.