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Creating and Initialing a RAID Volume
1Launch the configuration menu.
2Select Configuration Wizard
3Select Add Configuration (default) and click on Next.
4Select Custom Configuration (default) and click on Next.
5Hold the Ctrl key and select the drives that you want to add into the array. After you selecting the drives, click on AddtoArray.
6Click on Accept DG then Next.
7Select the array you just created, click on Add to SPAN and Next.
8Select the RAID Level you want to use, create the logical volume by specify the size at Select Size and click on Accept to create the logical volume.
9Click on Next after you creating the logical volume.
10Click on Accept and Yes to save the configuration.
11Click on Yes to initialize the new logical drives. You will see all the logical drives listed.
12Click on Home to go back to the configuration menu.
13Now you can reboot the system and install the Operating System. Select Exit, click on Yes and press Ctrl+Alt+Del to reboot the system.
Assigning a Hot Spare Disk
1Launch the configuration menu.
2Select a free disk marked as UNCONF GOOD and listed under Physical Drives.
3Select Make Global Dedicated HSP or Make Dedicated HSP and click on Go.
4Click on Home to go back to the configuration menu. You will see the disk marked as Hotsapare in pink and listed under Physical Drives.
Configuring LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP
This section briefly shows how to create RAID with LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP.
