Owners Manual

1. To add a new controller, select a controller from the list, or select an embedded controller. The Controllers drop-
down menu to your left is enabled.
2. Click Controllers → New Controller. The Controller Configuration window is displayed.
3. Under Controller Selection Criteria, select from the following options:
Select the controller located in slot Enter the slot number of the controller.
Select any controller with <exactly, atleast>
<number of> disks attached
Set a rule to select any controller which matches exactly, or at
least the number of disks you have selected.
Select all remaining controllers in the system
regardless of configuration
Set a rule to select all remaining controllers in the system
regardless of configuration
4. Under Variable Matching Criteria, you can set a rule to apply this configuration only if it matches certain criteria
that you select. Select Apply this configuration only when variable to enable the rule setting options.
5. Click OK.
Editing a Controller
To edit a controller select the controller and click Controllers → Edit Controller . On the Controller Configuration window
you can make changes to your controller.
Deleting a Controller
1. To delete a controller select the controller and click Controllers → Delete Controller . You will receive a warning
that all the attached arrays and disks are deleted.
2. Click Yes to delete or No to cancel.
NOTE: On a server, you require at least one controller. If there is only one controller and you delete it, then a
message that the default controller was inserted because the last controller was deleted is displayed.
Variable Conditions
To provide the ability to use the same hardware configuration in multiple logical configurations, variable evaluation is
provided so that you can apply different configuration for arrays and logical drives to different situations.
Variable condition elements contain arrays and global hot spares, and are of two types:
• No variables defined: This is the default configuration inserted with every controller, and you cannot remove or
move it from last in the order.
• Variables defined: This is where any variable is compared to a value using one of the pre-defined operators.
Adding a New Variable Condition
To add a new variable condition under an embedded controller:
1. Expand Embedded Controller, and select [No variable conditions defined].
2. Click Variables → New Variable Condition. The Variable Condition Configuration window is displayed.
3. Under Variable Matching Criteria, you can set a rule to apply this variable only if it matches certain criteria that you
select.
4. Click OK to apply the variable condition, or Cancel to return to Array Builder.
Editing a Variable Condition
To edit a variable condition:
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