User`s guide

StorageWorks RAID Array 200 Controller Installation and Standalone Configuration Utility
6–30 EK–SWRA2–IG. C01
Creating a drive group requires the following procedures:
• Defining a Drive Group
• Arranging a Drive Group
Determine how you want to allocate your drive resources then follow Sections
6.6.1.1 to 6.6.6 to configure the drives in your array.
6.6.1.1 Defining a Drive Group
Use this option to bind drives together into drive groups. To maximize your disk
space resources, use drives of the same capacity in a drive group. (See Section
6.6.1 for more information on how to select drives for a drive group.)
To define a drive group, follow these steps:
1. Select the New 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, 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. Go to Step 2.
If no configuration currently exists, then the utility displays the New
Configuration menu as shown in Figure 6–14. The New Configuration menu
appears with the Define Drive Group option highlighted. 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 utility
displays the New Configuration menu as shown in Figure 6–14. The New
Configuration menu appears with the Define Drive Group option
highlighted.