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Creating a disk array – advanced (clu), Reating, Rray – Promise Technology 2-Year Extended Warranty for VessR2000 RAID Head User Manual

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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. Or choose the

Advanced

option.

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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

.

Step 1 – Disk Array Creation

1. 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.

2. Choose whether to enable Media Patrol, PDM, and Power Management.

3. Choose a Media Type, HDD or SSD.

4. Highlight

Save Settings

and Continue and press

Enter

.

5. Highlight a physical drive you want to add to your array and press the spacebar to choose it.

Repeat this action until you have selected all the physical drives for your array.

6. Highlight

Save Settings and Continue

and press

Enter

.