Users Guide

You can also apply configuration rules based on the RAID profiles detected on the server. This allows you
to define different configurations to different servers even if the detected hardware is identical.
Creating a RAID Profile Using Array Builder
To create a RAID Profile:
You can also import an existing profile and modify the configurations using the Array Builder. For more
information on importing a profile, see Importing a Profile.
1. Launch the System Viewer utility, click RAID Configuration → Create RAID Profile.
When you launch the Array Builder, a default embedded controller is created.
2. Type the configuration rule name in the Configuration rule name field.
3. Select the Error handling rule from the drop-down menu. You can choose from:
• Fail the task if any controller does not match a configuration rule — Reports a failure if any of
the detected controllers are not configurable by a rule.
• Fail the task only if the first controller does not match a configuration rule — Reports a failure if
the first controller detected (usually the embedded controller) is not configurable by a rule.
• Fail the task only if none of the array controllers match a configuration rule — Reports a failure
only if all of the controllers in the system fail to match a rule; in other words, none of the
controllers are configured. This rule also fails if a controller does not have sufficient disks to
configure a RAID.
4. You can:
• Add new controllers and define rules for them, or edit the default controller and define the rules.
For more information, see Controllers.
• Add or edit variable conditions for the default controller or the controller that you add. For more
information, see Variable Conditions.
• Create new arrays from a variable condition, if required. For more information, see Arrays.
• You can create an array, add additional disks, hot spares, or global hot spares to the array.
5. Click Save to save the profile as a .XML file.
You can also import an existing profile and modify the configurations using the Array Builder. For more
information on importing a profile, see Importing a Profile.
About creating Array Builder
When you use the RAID profile that you created using Array Builder as part of the operating system
deployment of DLCI for Configuration Manager, it detects the existing controller(s) on the server as well
as the disks attached to each controller. It then tries to match the physical configuration(s) that the utility
detected, to the logical configurations you defined in the configuration rules. These array configuration
rules are defined using a graphical, logical layout that allows you to visualize how your array controllers
will be configured. Rules are processed in the order displayed in the Array Builder tree, so you know
exactly which rules have priority.
Controllers
Controller elements contain variable condition elements. Controllers can be one of several configuration
types:
• The embedded controller
• A controller in slot "X"
• Any controller with "X" disks
• Any controller with "X" disks or more
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