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You return to the Disk Arrays Summary screen.
To create a disk array with different characteristics, highlight Create New Array and press
Enter . Repeat the steps above specifying different parameters. Or choose the Advanced
option.
Creating a Disk Array – Advanced (CLU)
To create a disk array using the Advanced feature:
1. Main Menu >> Disk Array Management >> Create New Array
2. Highlight Configuration Method and press the spacebar to toggle to Advanced .
Step 1 – Disk Array Creation
1. If you want to specify an alias to the disk array, highlight Alias and type a name.
Maximum of 32 characters (letters, numbers, spaces and underscores).
2. Choose whether to enable Media Patrol , PDM, and Power Management.
3. Choose a Media Type, HDD or SSD.
4. Highlight Save Settings and Continue and press Enter .
Step 2 –Select Physical Drives
1. Highlight a physical drive you want to add to your array and press the spacebar to choose it.
Repeat this action until you have selected all the physical drives for your array.
2. Highlight Save Settings and Continue and press Enter .
Important
A logical drive cannot be expanded once it has been created. To add
capacity, you can either add another logical drive, or, delete the existing
logical drive and create a larger one.
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