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Creating an Array With the ARRAYCONFIG U2 Utility
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Initialize array. When the Initialize Mode menu appears, select
Initialize Array to Zero
. A graph on the screen shows the
progress of this operation.
Caution:
If the drives contain data, all the data is lost
when you initialize the array.
Select Low-Level Format only if the drives were previously
formatted on another computer or if you think they may have
surface defects. Low-level formatting takes a long time for
large capacity disk drives.
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Select array block size. When the menu of block sizes appears,
select a block size. (This menu does not appear if the array is a
mirrored array with only two drives.)
The allowable block sizes are 8, 16, 32, 64 (the default), and
128 KBytes. The default block size gives the best overall
performance in most environments.
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Wait for initialization to complete. When you see the message
Initialization of [array name] is complete , press any key to
return to the Disk Array Operations menu.
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Create additional arrays. You may use ARRAYCONFIG U2 to
create additional arrays (if disks are available), however we
recommend using Adaptec CI/O Management Software to
create additional arrays. (CI/O is required for array manage-
ment in order to provide the proper level of fault tolerance and
event notification.) See the Adaptec CI/O Management Software
User’s Guide for more information.
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When all arrays are created, exit ARRAYCONFIG U2, remove
the ARRAYCONFIG U2 diskette, and reboot the system. After
you reboot you can write data to the arrays. At this point, you
can make the array bootable as described in the next section.