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4 Creating RAID Using Lifecycle Controller
Contents
Revisions .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 2
Executive Summary ............................................................................................................................................................................... 5
1 What is RAID? ................................................................................................................................................................................. 6
1.1 RAID Hardware Connection ............................................................................................................................................ 6
1.2 Pre-requisites ....................................................................................................................................................................... 7
2 Creating RAID Using RAID Configuration Wizard .................................................................................................................. 8
2.1 Important Information...................................................................................................................................................... 17
2.2 Best Practices ..................................................................................................................................................................... 17
2.3 RAID Levels ......................................................................................................................................................................... 17
2.4 Foreign HDD ....................................................................................................................................................................... 17
2.5 Protocol .............................................................................................................................................................................. 18
2.6 Media Type ......................................................................................................................................................................... 18
2.7 Encryption Capability....................................................................................................................................................... 18
2.8 Span Length ....................................................................................................................................................................... 18
2.9 Drives Remaining for Current Span .............................................................................................................................. 18
2.10 Virtual Disk Name ............................................................................................................................................................. 18
2.11 Size .......................................................................................................................................................................................19
2.12 Stripe Element Size ...........................................................................................................................................................19
2.13 Read Policy .........................................................................................................................................................................19
2.14 Write Policy .........................................................................................................................................................................19
2.15 Enable T10 Protection Information Capability ............................................................................................................19
2.16 Secure Virtual Disk ........................................................................................................................................................... 20
2.17 Assign a Hot-Spare HDD (if Available) ......................................................................................................................... 20
2.18 Hot-spare HDD ................................................................................................................................................................. 20