User's Manual

Using custom configuration
Complete the following steps to use custom configuration:
1. In the ServeRAID Manager tree, click the controller.
2. Click Custom configuration.
3. Click Next. The “Create arrays” window opens.
4. From the list of ready drives, select the two drives that you want to group into
the array.
5. Click (Add selected drives) to add the drives to the array.
6. If you want to configure a hot-spare drive, complete the following steps:
a. Click the Spares tab.
b. Select the physical drive that you want to designate as the hot-spare drive,
and click (Add selected drives).
7. Click Next. The “Configuration summary” window opens.
Figure 8. “Create arrays” window
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