HP NetServer NetRAID-4M manual Create Shared Disksets, Containers and Ntfs Partitions

HP NetRAID-4M Cluster Services Installation Guide Creating Shared Disksets

4.1Create Shared Disksets, Containers and NTFS Partitions

1.On Server A, open the NetRAID-4M FAST utility and Open the NetRAID-4M controller connecting to shared storage.

2.From the Disk (Physical Drv) menu select Manage Diskset.

3.From the Non-Member Disks listing, select the Disk IDs to be included in the new array, then click the Create Diskset … >> button.

4.Enter the Diskset name from 1 to 32 characters. (Example: Shared_S)

5.Leave the options Attached and Re-initialize disk selected and then click OK.

6.To create additional arrays, repeat steps 1 through 5.

7.To assign a RAID type to an array, close the Manage Disksets window and from the Container (Logical Drv) menu select the Create Wizard option.

8.Select a diskset.

9.From the Type drop list, select a RAID type, in this example, that is:

Mirror set (RAID 1)

10.Select the Force in Dest checkboxes.

11.Verify the entire drive will be used for this container and click Create, then OK.

12.Click OK to the write cache message.

13.Click Continue at the Configure Spare window and then click OK at the About Container Creation window if it appears.

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