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How Do I Configure a Mylex Controller for the First Time?
1-16 RAID EzAssist User’s Manual
☞ If you want to set up multiple logical drives:
☞ Press the up arrow key to select the logical drive count
field.
☞ Type in a number of logical drives to set up.
☞ Press the down arrow key to select Ok.
☞ Press Enter with Ok selected.
■ Capacity Usage
The Capacity Usage screen is always displayed in Assisted Configuration.
You may use all or a part of the total available capacity to set up the specified
number of logical drives with the optimization you’ve selected previously.
The Capacity Usage screen is displayed (Figure 1-13).
Figure 1-13. Capacity Usage
By default, the maximum available capacity is displayed in the Capacity
Usage field. If you wish to reserve some of the capacity of your drives to set
up future arrays, you may choose a smaller gigabyte (GB) value for the
current logical drive set.
☞ If you want to use the maximum available capacity for these
logical drives, press Enter with Ok selected.
☞ If you want to reserve some capacity for future use:
☞ Press the up arrow key to select the capacity usage field.
☞ Type in a number representing the gigabytes (GB) to be
used in the current configuration. (This number must be