Specifications

DS300f G2 Series User Manual
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steP 2 – logicAl drive creAtion
1. Enter your information and choose your options.
•
Enteralogicaldrivealiasintheeldprovided.
• ChooseaRAIDlevelfromthedrop-downmenu.
ThechoiceofRAIDlevelsdependsonthenumberofphysicaldrivesinyourarray.
• NotetheMax:capacityvalue.Thenenteracapacityvaluetheeldprovided
andchooseaunitofmeasurefromthedrop-downmenu.
• Chooseastripesizefromthedrop-downmenu.
Thechoicesare64KB,128KB,256KB,512KB,and1MB.
• Chooseasectorsizefromthedrop-downmenu.
Thechoicesare512B,1KB,2KB,and4KB.
• ChoosetheReadCachePolicyfromthedrop-downmenu
ThechoicesareReadCache,ReadAhead(cache),andNone.
• ChoosetheWriteCachePolicyfromthedrop-downmenu-ThechoicesareWriteThru(write
through)andWriteBack.WritebackrequiresaReadCacheorReadAheadReadCachePolicy.
• Uncheck the Perfect Rebuild check box if do not need perfect rebuild for this LD.
• Click the
Add button to continue.
The logical drive you just created appears in the New Logical Drives list.
2. Click the Next button to continue.
The Create Spare Drive screen appears.
steP 3 – sPAre drive creAtion
Creating a spare drive is optional but highly recommended.
1. Enter your information and choose your options.
•
ChecktheRevertibleboxifyouwantthissparedrivetoberevertible.
• Choosetheoptionforthetypesparedriveyouwant.
Global–Replacesafaileddriveinanydiskarray.
Dedicated–Replacesthefaileddriveonlyintheassigneddiskarray.
2. Click the enclosure graphic to view information about physical drives.
3. Click a physical drive to select it for your spare drive.
The physical drive’s ID number is added to the Selected list.
4. Click the Next button to continue.
The Summary screen appears.
Figure 3 - 8: Create Spare Drive menu
Figure 3 - 9: Disk Array Conguration Summary