User`s guide

2-8
Creating and Managing Arrays and Partitions
7 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 disk drive will not be available for any other
use. For more information about spares, see Chapter 4,
Managing Spares.
If you do not want a spare, type 0.
The Select Drive(s) menu appears.
8 Select a disk drive to use as a dedicated spare and press Enter.
Repeat if you are using more than one disk drive as a spare.
Only available disk drives (drives that are not members of an
array and are not assigned as a dedicated or pool spares)
display. You can delete a dedicated spare from the array at any
time. For more information, see Deleting a Dedicated Spare on
page 4-3.
If the array you are creating is a RAID 3, RAID 4, RAID 5, or
RAID 50, the Chunk Size menu appears.
If you are creating a different type of array, skip to Step 10.
9 Select the chunk size and press Enter. (See page 2-5 for
information on chunk size.)
The system confirms that you want to create the array.
10 Select Yes and press Enter.
A message notifies you that the array is being created and shows
the progress of the initialization process. The array initialization
process takes from several minutes to more than an hour
depending on the array type (volume, RAID 0, and RAID 1 are
the fastest), array size, disk drive speed, and other processes
running on the controller.
11 Press Esc to return to the System Menu and perform other
functions while the initialization continues.
See Checking the Progress of Array Initialization on page 2-5 for
information on how to do a status check.