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How Do I Configure a Mylex Controller for the First Time?
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❑ Option 3: Do a Custom Configuration.
Custom Configuration gives you full control over the configuration of your
disk drives. With Custom Configuration, you can:
• Select individual disk drives to add to the configuration
• Build multiple arrays
• Configure logical drives individually
• Select a specific RAID level
• Select the write caching method (Write-Thru or Write-Back)
• Set the stripe size
• Set logical drive size by physical or logical capacity
• Add capacity to an existing array
• Assign additional spare drives
• Enable spanning to create a configuration of larger drive sets
Once you’ve selected Custom from the Configure RAID Drive screen, the
Custom Configuration main menu is displayed (Figure 1-18).
Figure 1-18. Custom Configuration Main Menu
We are setting up a first-time configuration, so we’ll use the menu’s first
option: Configure a New Disk Array.
☞ Press Enter with the Configure a New Disk Array option
selected.