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Avago Technologies 3ware SAS 9750-16i4e User Manual

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Chapter 7. Configuring Units

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3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2

Figure 40. Configuring a Unit in 3DM2

4

In the

Type

field, select the RAID configuration you want.

5

If stripe size applies to the RAID type you select, select a

Stripe Size

.

(Stripe size does not apply to RAID 1.)

6

Optional: In the

Name

box, enter a name for the unit (up to 21 characters,

including dashes and underscores).

7

If you have 12 drives attached to the controller and selected RAID 50 as
the configuration in step 3, select whether you want 3, 4, or 6 Drives Per
Subunit, as shown here.

Figure 41. Configuring a RAID 50 with 12 Drives

8

Make changes to the unit policies, as desired. You can enable or disable
the

Write Cache

,

Auto-Verify

, and

Overwrite ECC

. You can also set the

StorSave

policy, the

Rapid RAID Recovery

policy, and the

Read Cache

policy

For details about these settings, see “Setting Unit Policies” on page 100.