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Configuring and Managing RAID
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Press <Enter> to display the options ( No Read Ahead , Read Ahead ,
or Adaptive Read Ahead ). Press the down-arrow key to highlight the
desired option and press <Enter>.
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If you need to change the write policy, press <Tab> to move the
cursor to Write Policy .
h
Press <Enter> to display the options ( Write-Through , Write Back ).
Press the down-arrow key to highlight an option and press <Enter>.
i
Press <Tab> to move the cursor to Force WB with no battery and
press <Enter>. If you chose Write-Through as the write policy, then
the option is not available.
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Press <Tab> to move the cursor to
Initialize
and press <Enter>.
CAUTION:
Do not initialize virtual disks when attempting to recreate an existing
configuration.
NOTE:
The initialization performed at the stage is fast initialization.
k
Press <Tab> to move the cursor to Configure HotSpare and press
<Enter>.
NOTE:
The hot spare created at the stage is a dedicated hot spare.
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If you have chosen to create hot spares in the earlier steps, a pop-up
window is displayed where disks with appropriate sizes are displayed.
Press the spacebar to select the disk size.
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After you select the disk size, click OK to finalize the selection or click
Cancel to forfeit the selection.
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Select OK to accept the settings and press <Enter> to exit the
window or select
Cancel
and press <Enter> to exit if you do not want
to change any virtual disk parameters.
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