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Press Start to enter the utility. If the drives are already configured, the screen will show the current RAID configuration with virtual drives for all the RAID disk groups. In this case, the drives show as being unconfigured, as depicted below:
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From the left pane, select Configuration Wizard.
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Important: In the event that there are already any unwanted virtual drives configured, select the Clear Configuration radio button in the Wizard to delete the default virtual drives.|
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Select the New Configuration radio button to start creating virtual drives. If you did not delete any drives in the previous step and want to configure them now, select the Add Configuration radio button.
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Press Next. The Drive Group Definitions screen opens as depicted below:
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To configure the next drive group in this example, use the <Ctrl> key to select the next four disks (Slots 2 through 5) and press the Add to Array button. This creates Drive Group1 as depicted below:
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Press Next. The Span Definition screen opens as depicted below. Because this example only considers RAID-0 and RAID-5 arrays, the span will be created with only one group.
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Select Drive Group0 and press the Add to Span button when it activates.
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Press Next to open the Virtual Drive Definition screen as depicted below. This is where RAID parameters are configured for the Disk Groups created earlier.
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Important: In the Select Size drop-down box enter the disk size in either GB or TB. For information on exact sizes, the screen shows the possible sizes of the drive for the various RAID levels. Select the appropriate size as per the RAID level selected and press the Accept button.|
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Pressing the Accept button opens a confirmation page where you confirm a Battery Backup Unit (BBU) is installed when using the Write Back with BBU policy option in the Virtual Drive Definition screen in Step 4. Press Yes to confirm.
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Press the Back button to return to the Span Definition screen. Repeat steps 2 through 5 to add Disk Group1 and Disk Group2 to separate spans and configure the RAID parameters. The following screen detail depicts the virtual drives window after all Groups are added correctly:
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Press the Accept button to confirm the configuration.
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If necessary, check the properties for the drives by pressing the Back button to go back to the Main menu, as depicted below:
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From the Main menu, select the Virtual Drives option in the left pane.
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Select the Set Boot Drive radio button.
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Press the Go button to change the settings.
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Press the Exit button to save the changes and exit the utility.
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