User`s guide

Chapter 6. Configuring Your Array
EK–SWRA2–IG. C01 6–21
6.5 Configuring 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
To configure automatically, you must do the following:
• Select the Automatic Configuration option
• Initialize the logical drives
• Save your configuration to diskette
If you want to define a spare drive, you must configure interactively. See Section
6.6.3 to define a spare drive.
6.5.1 Selecting the Automatic Configuration Option
To configure automatically, follow these steps:
1. Select the Automatic Configuration option from the main menu and either
one of the following things happens depending upon whether a configuration
currently exists.
If a configuration currently exists, then the utility displays a warning
message saying that a valid configuration exists and if you proceed, you will
destroy it. A confirmation window also appears. See Step 2.
If no configuration currently exists, then the Automatic Configuration menu
appears. Go to Step 3.
2. Select Yes to delete the current configuration (select No to quit without
changing the configuration and to return to the main menu). The Automatic
Configuration menu appears.
3. Use the arrow keys to highlight RAID 5 or JBOD and press the Enter key to
select that configuration. The utility displays a window with this message:
Do you want to have Write Cache enabled?