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Volume Name:
The default Volume Set name will appear as “Volume---VOL#XXX”. You can rename
the Volume Set name provided it does not exceed the 16 characters limit.
Volume Raid Level:
Set the RAID level for the Volume Set. Click the down-arrow in the drop-down list. The
available RAID levels for the current Volume Set are displayed. Select the preferred
RAID level.
Select Volume Capacity:
The maximum Volume Set size is displayed by default. If necessary, change the
Volume Set size appropriate for your application.
Greater Two TB Volume Support:
If the Volume Set size is over 2TB, an option “Greater Two TB Volume Support” will be
automatically provided in the screen as shown in the example above. There are three
options to select: “No”, “64bit LBA”, and “4K Block”).
No : Volume Set size is set to maximum 2TB limitation.
64bit LBA: This option use 16 bytes CDB instead of 10 bytes. The maximum volume
capacity up to 512TB. For any hard disk drives working in the 4K native mode in the
Raid set, the volume set directly sets and exposes 4KB sector size to the operating
system. This option works on different OS which supports 16 bytes CDB.
Such as: Windows 2003 with SP1 or later / Linux kernel 2.6.x or later
4K Block : Use this option for Windows OS such as Windows 2000, 2003, or XP.
The maximum Volume Set size is 16TB. Just use the Volume as “Basic Disk”.
Volume can’t be used as “Dynamic Disk”; also can’t be used in 512Bytes block
service program.