User`s guide

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AOC-USASLP-H8iR Add-on Card User's Guide
UsingManualConguration:RAID5
Follow these steps to create a RAID 5 storage conguration using the Manual
CongurationmodeoftheCongurationWizard.
Creating a RAID 5 Storage Conguration
Intherst1. ManualConguration window, select three available drives in the
left panel. Click the Right Arrow button to move the selected drives to the
right panel.
Note: MegaRAID Storage Manager software will not allow you to select the
disk drive on which the operating system is installed or any other drives that
arealreadypartofaconguration.
Click Accept to accept these drives for the new RAID 5 array.. 2.
Note: To remove a single drive from a proposed new array, select the drive
icon in the right panel and click the Left Arrow button.
Click 3. Next.ThenextCongurationWizardwindowappears..
TheArrayswithFreeSpacemenuliststhenewarraythatyoujustdened,
plus any existing arrays with holes (free space) that could be used for a new
conguration.
From the 4. Arrays with Free Space menu, select the array to use for the new
virtual disk.
In the right panel, select 5. RAID 5 as the RAID level.
(Optional) Set Size (in MB) to a lower number if you do not want to use the 6.
entire available capacity for the new virtual disk.
(Optional) Change the other Virtual Disk Properties, if necessary.7.
Click 8. Accepttoacceptthecongurationofthenewvirtualdisk..
Note: Click the Reclaim button if you want to undo a virtual disk that you just
dened.
ClickNexttocontinuewiththenextcongurationstep.TheVirtualDiskSum-9.
mary window appears.