User's Manual

Configuration 23
Creating a RAID 1 Configuration on a SAS 5/iR Controller or on a
SAS 6/iR Controller
Follow these steps to create a RAID 1 configuration on a Dell system with a
SAS 5/iR controller or a SAS 6/iR controller:
1 Select a Dell SAS 5/iR or a Dell SAS 6/iR controller in the left panel of
the Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager window, and then select
Operations-> Configuration-> Configuration Wizard.
2
In the Configuration Wizard, select two available drives in the left panel.
Click the right-arrow
Add button to move the selected drives to the right
panel.
NOTICE: Be sure you do not select the disk drive on which the operating
system is installed.
3 Click Accept to accept these drives for the new RAID 1 disk group.
NOTE: You can add hotspare disks to a configuration on a SAS 6/iR controller.
For information about adding hotspares, see
Adding Hotspare Disks .
4 Click Next . The next Configuration Wizard window appears.
5 Select the disk group to use for the new virtual disk.
6 In the right panel of the Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager window, select
RAID 1 as the RAID level.
7 Click Accept to accept the configuration of the new virtual disk, which
appears in the window.
NOTE: Click the Reclaim button if you want to undo a virtual disk that you just
defined. (For more information, see the Glossary entry for reclaim virtual disk.)
8 Select an available disk for another virtual disk and define its properties, or
click
Next to go to the next configuration step. (You can define up to two
virtual disks.) The virtual disk summary window appears.
9 Review the configuration shown in the window. If you want to change
something, click
Back and change the configuration parameters.
10 Click Finish to accept the configuration and start the initialization
process.