Chapter 3: RAID Confi guration 4. Use the arrow keys to highlight the channel(-the disk drive) you wish to create a new array, and press . (* Note : To de-select any disk, highlight the disk and press Del>.) 5. The disk drive that you've selected to create a new array will appear in the "Selected Drives" dialogue box as shown below. 6. Once you've selected all the disk drives for new arrays, and all the drives selected have appeared in the "Selected Drives" dialogue box, press . Then, a dialogue box showing array properties will display. To assign properties to the new array 7.
In the "Array Properties" dialogue box, select the item you want to confi gure and follow the instructions given on the screen to confi gure the settings for the selected item. (For the RAID type--you can select Volume, RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, or RAID 50. Please refer to the table below for the minimum of hard drives required for each RAID setting. Select "Volume" to confi gure a disk drive as an independent unit.) 3-5 RAID Setting Minimal Hard Drives Required RAID 0 2 Hard Drives RAID 1 2 Hard Drives RAID 5 3 Hard Drives RAID 10 4 Hard Drives RAID 50 6 Hard Drives