Installation guide

Software Operation Manual
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To setup the Hot Spare (option), choose “Raid Set Function” from the main
menu. Select the “Create Hot Spare” and press ENT to set the Hot Spare.
Choose “Raid Set Function” from the main menu. Select the “Create Raid Set”
and press ENT.
A Select Drive Channel in the next displayed showing the drive connecte
d to
the current controller.
Press the UP/ DOWN to select specific physical drives. Press the ENT
to
associate the selected physical drive with the current RAID set.
Try to use drives of the same capacity in a specific RAID s
et. If you use drives
with different capacities in an array, all the drives in the array is treated as
though they have the capacity of the smallest drive in the array.
The number of physical drives in a specific RAID set determines
the RAID
levels that can be implemented with the RAID set.
RAID 0 requires one or more physical drives per RAID set.
RAID 1 requires at least 2 physical drives per RAID set.
RAID 1E Spare requires at least 3 physical drives per RAID set.
RAID 3 requires at least 3 physical drives per RAID set.
RAID 5 requires at least 3 physical drives per RAID set.
RAID 6 requires at least 4 physical drives per RAID set.
RAID 30 requires at least 6 physical drives,
RAID 50 requires at least 6 physical drives,
RAID 60 requires at least 8 physical drives,
After adding physical drives to the current RAID set as desired, press ESC
to
confirm the Select Drive Channel function.
Press ENT when you are finished creating the current RAID set. To
continue
defining another RAID
set, repeat step 3. To begin volume set configuration, go
to step 7.
Choose “Volume Set Functions” from the main menu. Select the “Create
Raid
Volume Set” and press ENT.
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