User`s guide

Configuring and Managing RAID 87
15 Perform the following steps to select the virtual disk parameters:
a Press <Tab> to move the cursor to the parameters you want
to change.
b Press the down-arrow key to open the parameters and scroll down the
list of settings.
c To change the stripe element size, press <Tab> to highlight Stripe
Element Size
.
d Press <Enter> to display the list of stripe element sizes ( 8 KB , 16 KB ,
32 KB , 64 KB , 128 KB , 256 KB , 512 KB , and 1024 KB ). Press the
down-arrow key to highlight the desired option and press <Enter>.
The default is
64 KB .
e If you need to change the read policy, press <Tab> to move the cursor
to
Read Policy .
f Press <Enter> to display the options ( No Read Ahead , Read Ahead ,
or Adaptive Read Ahead ). Press the down-arrow key to highlight the
desired option and press <Enter>.
g If you need to change the write policy, press <Tab> to move the
cursor to
Write Policy .
h Press <Enter> to display the options ( Write-Through , Write Back ).
Press the down-arrow key to highlight an option and press <Enter>.
i Press <Tab> to move the cursor to Force WB with no battery and
press <Enter>. If you chose
Write-Through as the write policy, then
this option is not available.
j Press <Tab> to move the cursor to Initialize and press <Enter>.
CAUTION: Do not initialize virtual disks when attempting to recreate an existing
configuration.
NOTE: The initialization performed at this stage is fast initialization.
k
Press <Tab> to move the cursor to Configure HotSpare and press
<Enter>.
NOTE: The hot spare created at this stage is a dedicated hot spare.
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