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Step 4: Create Your Disk Array

3. Press 2 on the Main Menu screen to display, the Define Array Menu appears

(below).

4. Press the arrow keys to highlight an array number you wish to define and

press Enter to select it. The Define Array Definition Menu will next appear

(below).

5. Choose the RAID Level you want. In the Define Array Definition Menu

section, press the Spacebar to cycle through array types:

• RAID 0 (Striping)

• RAID 1 (Mirroring)

• RAID 0+1 (Striping / Mirroring)

• RAID 5 (Data / Parity Striping)

• JBOD (Single Drive)

6. Press the arrow keys to move to the next option. Option choices depend on

the RAID Level you selected.

• Initialize Array, zero the disk drives. RAID 5 only.

• Stripe Block Size, the default 64KB is best for most applications.

• Gigabyte Boundary, allows use of slightly smaller replacement drives.

[ Define Array Menu ]

[ Keys Available ]

Array No RAID Level Total Drv Capacity (MB) Status

Array 1 ----- ----- ----- -----

Array 2 ----- ----- ----- -----

Array 3 ----- ----- ----- -----

Array 4 ----- ---- ----- -----

Note: * --Bootable Array

[ ] Up [ ] Down [ESC] Exit [Enter] Select [Space] Change Boot Drive

[ Define Array Definition Menu ]

Array No RAID Level Total Drv Status

Array 1 RAID 5 3 Functional

Stripe Block: 64 KB Initialize Array: ON Gigabyte Boundary: ON

[ Drive Assignments ]

Channel ID Drive Model Capacity (MB) Assignment

1: SEAGATEST380023AS 80630 Array 1

2: SEAGATEST380023AS 80630 Array 1

3: SEAGATEST380023AS 80630 Array 1

4: SEAGATEST380023AS 80630 Free

[ Keys Available ]

[ ] Up [ ] Down [Space] Change Option [ESC] Exit [Ctrl-Y] Save