Supermicro SuperBlade SBI-7125W-S6, User Manual

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SBI-7125W-S6 Blade Module User’s Manual
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7. The A
RRAYS WITH
F
REE
S
PACE
menu lists the new array that you just defined, plus
any existing arrays with holes (free space) that could be used for a new
configuration.
In the left panel, select the two RAID 1 arrays from the menu.
8. In the right panel, select RAID 10 as the RAID level.
9. Click A
CCEPT
to accept the configuration of the new virtual disk.
10. Click N
EXT
to continue with the next confi guration step. The V
IRTUAL
D
ISK
S
UMMARY
window appears.
11. Review the configuration shown in the window. If you want to change something,
click B
ACK
and change the configuration parameters.
12. Click F
INISH
to accept the configuration and start the initialization process (unless
you selected N
O
I
NITIALIZATION
earlier).
Using Manual Confi guration: RAID 50
Follow these steps to create a RAID 50 storage configuration using the M
ANUAL
C
ONFIGURATION
mode of the Configuration Wizard:
1. In the A
RRAY
S
ELECTION
screen ( Figure 5-10 ) select two available drives in the left
panel. Click the R
IGHT
A
RROW
button to move the selected drives to the right panel.
2. Click A
CCEPT
to accept these drives for a new RAID 5 array.
3. Select two more drives for a second RAID 5 array, and click A
CCEPT
.
4. To add a hotspare, select an available drive in the left panel. Select the array from
the drop-down menu, and click Add Hotspare To, as shown in Figure 6-7.
5. To add a hotspare, select an available drive in the left panel, select the array from
the drop-down menu and click A
DD
H
OTSPARE
T
O
, as shown in Figure 5-12 .
6. To remove a hotspare from an array, select it in the right panel and click R
EMOVE
H
OT
S
PARE
.
7. Click N
EXT
.
The V
IRTUAL
D
ISK
C
REATION
screen appears ( Figure 5-11 ).
8. The A
RRAYS WITH
F
REE
S
PACE
menu lists the new array that you just defined, plus
any existing arrays with holes (free space) that could be used for a new
configuration.
In the left panel, select the two RAID 5 arrays from the menu.
9. In the right panel, select RAID 50 as the RAID level.
NOTE: Click the R
ECLAIM
button if you want to undo a virtual disk that you just
defined.