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Configuring units, Configuring a new unit, Chapter 5. configuring units – AMCC 3WARE 720-0138-00 User Manual

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3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Mac G5

5

Configuring Units

This section includes information and procedures on configuring units
attached to your 3ware RAID controller. It is organized into the following
topics:

Configuring a New Unit

Creating a Hot Spare

Naming a Unit

Setting Unit Policies

Enabling and Disabling the Unit Write Cache

Setting Auto Verify for a Unit

Setting Continue on Source Error During Rebuild

Enabling and Disabling Queuing for a Unit

Setting the StorSave Profile for a Unit

Changing An Existing Configuration
(RAID Level Migration or Online Capacity Expansion)

Deleting a Unit

Removing a Unit

Moving a Unit from One Controller to Another

Adding a Drive

Removing a Drive

Rescanning the Controller

Configuring a New Unit

When you configure a new unit, you specify some details related to the type
of RAID configuration that you want, and others that enable or disable
features.

This section first provides an overview of the different settings you can
specify during configuration and then provides step-by-step instructions for
creating a unit.