User`s guide

5
Using the Standalone RAID
Configuration Utilities
Introduction
This chapter contains the following topics:
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Background information
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System requirements
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Invoke the utilities
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Exit the utilities
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Initial configuration of the SWXCR RAID controller
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Configuration information
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Array maintenance information
Background
Use the Standalone RAID Array 200 Software to configure and maintain your
StorageWorks RAID Array 200 Subsystem.
Before you can use your RAID subsystem, you must configure the disks into drive
groups, and then configure logical RAID drives (see the terminology section of this
guide) at a particular RAID level using the Standalone RAID Array 200 Software.
Once you complete the configuration process, the configuration data is saved in the
RAID controller's flash EEPROM/NVRAM (the controller's memory). However, you
should also save the configuration data to a file on a diskette so that you can restore it
in case the controller is ever replaced.
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