User`s guide

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Chapter6:Conguration
In the left panel, select the two RAID 5 arrays from the menu.7.
In the right panel, select RAID 50 as the RAID level. 8.
For a RAID 10 array, the entire capacity of the array is automatically used for
thenewvirtualdisk.Youcannotdeneanothervirtualdiskonthisarray.
(Optional) 9. Change the other Virtual Disk Properties, if necessary. For more
information, see Section , “Understanding Virtual Disk Parameters.”
6-2 Adding Hotspare Disks
Hotspares are disk drives that are available to automatically replace failed drives
in a RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6 RAID 10, RAID 50, and RAID 60 virtual disk. Each
virtual disk can have one dedicated hotspare.
Formoreinformation,seetheLSIdocumentationandsoftwareHelple for more
information.
Adding a Global Hotspare Disk
In the left panel of the 1. MegaRAID Storage Manager window, right click the
icon of any unused disk drive.
Select 2. Make Global Hotspare.