Pegasus3 Product Manual

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Promise Technology
Pegasus3 R4/R6/R8
To Create a Disk Array and Logical Drive
ThePegasus3isshippedwithHDDinstalledandaRAIDarraycongured,soitisnotnecessarytodo
thisyourself.However,ifyouwanttochangethediskdrivesorcongureadifferentRAID,youwillneed
to create an array and logical drive to use the storage.
Ifyouareinstallingnewdiskdrives,usetheWizardtocreateadiskarrayandlogicaldrive.The
proceduresaredescribedinthenextchapter.
To see the Wizardmenu,launchthePegasusUtility,intheDashboardmenu,underSystemStatus,
click the Disk Array link. See page 52foranoverviewofthePegasusUtilityinterface.
TheWizarddialogboxopenswiththreecongurationmethods.
Wizard dialog box
Choosethebestmethodforyoursituation.Seethetablebelow.
Method User options Suggested for users who are See
Automatic None New to data storage page 113
Express General parameters Familiar with data storage page 114
Advanced Individual parameters Data storage professionals page 116