User Guide

Creating Logical Drive Freely
The Universal RAID Utility supports "Create Logical Drive - Custom Mode" in which a Logical Drive can be created as
required by specifying the setting items of the Logical Drive closely.
"Create Logical Drive - Custom Mode" allows you to create a Logical Drive by specifying the setting items of the Logical
Drive closely. It can also be used to create Logical Drives of several RAID Levels or create a Logical Drive by using unused
area of Disk Array. In addition, "Create Logical Drive - Custom Mode" enables more than one Logical Drive to be created at
a time.
The benefits of creating Logical Drives by "Create Logical Drive - Custom Mode" are as follows:
Allows Logical Drives of various RAID Levels (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10, RAID 50 and RAID 60) to be
created.
Allows selection items (including Capacity, Stripe Size, Cache Mode and Initialize Mode) to be specified closely.
Allows not only unused Physical Devices but also unused area of Disk Array to be used to create a Logical Drive of RAID 0,
RAID 1, RAID 5, or RAID 6.
Allows more than one Logical Drive to be created by a set of operations (only RAID Viewer).
Operation Procedure of "Create Logical Drive - Custom
Mode"
This section describes the procedure of creating a Logical Drive by "Create Logical Drive - Custom Mode".
"Create Logical Drive - Custom Mode" is available only in the Advanced Mode.
RAID Viewer
Step 1 Connect Physical Devices used for a Logical Drive to the RAID Controller before starting the RAID Viewer if
required. If the Physical Devices are connected completely, start the RAID Viewer.
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Step 2
Change the RAID System Management
Mode to the Advanced Mode if it is set to the Standard
Mode. To do this, click [Advanced Mode] on the [Tool]
menu.
Click a RAID Controller on the Tree View, select
Logical Drive]
[Create
on the [Control] menu, and click [Custom...].
k [Delete].
Step 3 The [Create Logical Drive (Custom)]
dialog box is started. In the Custom Mode, register a
Logical Drive to be created to the list of the dialog box.
If the Logical Drive may be registered, click [Add]. To
delete a registered Logical Drive, click the Logical
Drive to be deleted and clic