User`s guide

2-4
Creating and Managing Arrays and Partitions
If you selected any array type other than RAID 50, the Number
of Drives prompt appears.
6 Type the number of disk drives (excluding spares) you want in
the array and press Enter.
The Select Drive(s) menu appears.
If you are using active-active mode, the Select Drive(s) menu
includes all available disk drives (those that are not members of
an array and are not assigned as dedicated or pool spares) on
both controllers. It displays the following information for each
disk drive, in this order, left to right:
– Channel number
– SCSI ID number
– Disk drive capacity, in MB
– Disk drive manufacturer
– Disk drive model number
– Disk drive firmware revision
– Disk drive status
7 Select a disk drive to use in the array and press Enter. Repeat
until all the disk drives you want are selected. When you are
done, the system automatically goes to the next window.
If the array is a mirrored, RAID 3, RAID 4, RAID 5, or RAID 50
array and you have one or more disk drives left, the Number of
Spares prompt appears.
If you are creating a different type of array, skip to Step 11.
8 Type the number of spares you want to add and press Enter.
This creates dedicated spares that can only be used by this array.
A dedicated spare drive is not available for any other use. For
more information, see Chapter 4, Managing Spares.
If you do not want a spare, type 0.
The Select Drive(s) menu appears.