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4. Accept the defaults or make changes:
• EnteranaliasintheAliaseld
Maximumof32characters;letters,numbers,spacebetweencharacters,andunderline.
• Media Patrol–Unchecktodisableonthisarray.
• PDM–Unchecktodisableonthisarray.
• Power Management –Unchecktodisableonthisarray.
• Choose a media type–Harddiskdrive(HDD)orsolidstatedrive(SSD)
Important
Allphysicaldrivesinanarraymustbethesamemediatype,i.e.allHDDor
all SDD.
5. In the Select Physical Drives diagram,clickthedrivestoaddthemtoyourarray.Lookfordriveswitha
greenLEDdark,ablueLEDlit,andnocrosshatchingoverthecarrier.
TheIDnumbersofthechosendrivesappearintheeldbelowthediagram.
• Whenyouhavenishedyoursettingsandchoices,clicktheSubmit button.
The new array appears in the list.
Ifyouaredonecreatingdiskarrays,clicktheFinish button.
Tocreateadditionaldiskarrays,clicktheCreate More button.
Afteryoucreateadiskarray,createalogicaldriveonit.See“Creating a Logical Drive Manually” on page 202.
CreatiNg a disk array with the wizard
The Wizard creates disk arrays and logical drives automatically. It has four options.
• Automatic – Creates a new disk array following a default set of parameters. Creates a hot spare drive
for all RAID levels except RAID 0, when ve or more uncongured physical drives are available. You
can accept or reject the proposed arrangement but you cannot modify it. See instructions in “Automatic
Conguration”onpage85.
•
Advanced –Enablesyoutospecifyallparametersforanewdiskarray,logicaldrivesandsparedrives.
See instructions in “AdvancedConguration”onpage86.