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142 Software Installation and User’s Guide
ICP RAID Console
Note:
The XROM version of ICPCON may report an error incorrectly after configuring more
than 30 host drives. This false error is indicated by one of the following messages:
•
‘No more handles’
•
‘Memory allocation failed’
After the system boots into the operating system, however, ICPCON shows that all of the
host drives exist. This limitation does not occur when configuring more than 30 host
drives with the
OS version of ICPCON.
10.5.5.1 Create New Host Drive
From the Advanced Setup menu, select Configure Host Drives and press Enter to display
a list of existing host drives, if any, in the Select Host Drive screen ( Figure 10-95 ). For an
unconfigured system, no host drive entries are displayed.
Figure 10-95. Select Host Drive Screen
In the Select Host Drive screen, you can press <F4> to view the level-by-level detailed
information on a host drive and its components which may assist in getting an overview of
a specific host drive. Press <F5> to switch the hard disk LEDs of the selected host drive
on and off. Press <F10> to refresh the window.
You can create new host drives from the Select Host Drive screen by selecting the Create
new Host Drive menu option ( Figure 10-95 ) and pressing Enter. Before creating a new
host drive, the ICP RAID controller scans all channels for free hard disks (for example,
hard disks which are not yet part of a host drive) and displays these free disks in the Select
Physical Drive screen (see
Figure 10-96 ). Use the arrow up and down keys to move the
selection bar from one hard disk to another, and use the space bar to select/deselect hard
disks. Marked hard disks show an ‘*’ in the first column.
After selecting the hard disks, press Enter, and the Choose Type window becomes active
(see
Figure 10-96 ). The Choose Type window displays all host drive types and enables the
appropriate types depending on the number of selected hard disks and the firmware level
of the ICP RAID controller. Select the appropriate RAID level type and press Enter to
confirm your selection.