SUPER MICRO Computer LSI 2108/2208 Configuring Drives Manually, Add Drives, Span Definition

Chapter 2: Configuring the LSI MegaRAID Settings

Configuring Drives Manually

1.In the Add Configuration screen, select Manual Configuration and click Next to begin adding drives. The following screen displays.

Add Drives

2.Select the drives you want to add to the array and click Add to Array. To undo any drive addition, select the drive and click Reclaim.

3.After all desired drives are added to the drive group, select Accept DG to create a drive group. Multiple drive groups can be created by adding addi- tional available drives. When finished creating drive groups, select Next.

4.In the pull-down menu of the Span Definition screen, select the drive group you want to add to SPAN and click Add to SPAN, then click Next.

Span Definition

Note: For RAID 10, 50, and 60, two or more drive groups must be added to SPAN.

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