User`s guide

StorageWorks RAID Array 200 Controller Installation and Standalone Configuration Utility
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6.4.3 Understanding the Configuration Methods
You can configure your array in either of the following ways:
• Automatically
You can configure automatically only if:
• You want to configure one RAID 5 logical RAID drive (requires
between three and eight drives of same capacity)
• You want to configure up to 8 JBODs of any capacity
• Interactively
Configure interactively if you want to:
• Create more than one drive group
• Create more than one logical RAID drive
• Specify RAID levels
• Specify caching policy
• Define a hot spare
Your RAID subsystem stores the configuration information on flash
EEPROM/NVRAM on the RAID controller. In the event that your RAID
controller fails, you must restore your configuration from a backup copy on
floppy disk, or create a new configuration to access the data on your subsystem.