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steP 2 – lOgicAl drive creAtiOn
1. Enter your information and choose your options.
• Enteralogicaldrivealiasintheeldprovided.
• ChooseaRAIDlevelfromthedrop-downmenu.
ThechoiceofRAIDlevelsdependsonthenumberofphysicaldrivesinyourarray.
• NotetheMax:capacityvalue.Thenenteracapacityvaluetheeld
providedandchooseaunitofmeasurefromthedrop-downmenu.
• Chooseastripesizefromthedrop-downmenu.
Thechoicesare64KB,128KB,256KB,512KB,and1MB.
• Chooseasectorsizefromthedrop-downmenu.
Thechoicesare512B,1KB,2KB,and4KB.
• ChoosetheReadCachePolicyfromthedrop-downmenu
ThechoicesareReadCache,ReadAhead(cache),andNone.
• ChoosetheWriteCachePolicyfromthedrop-downmenu-The
choicesareWriteThru(writethrough)andWriteBack.Writeback
requiresaReadCacheorReadAheadReadCachePolicy.
• Uncheck the Perfect Rebuild check box if do not need perfect rebuild for this LD.
• Click the Add button to continue.
The logical drive you just created appears in the New Logical Drives list.
2. Click the Next button to continue.
The Create Spare Drive screen appears.
Advanced conguration - create logical drives
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