Adaptec 2268300R manual Making Your Array Bootable

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7Review the information that is displayed.

Note: In DAS environments, Adaptec Storage Manager uses the term logical drives when referring to arrays (see page 13).

In this example, Adaptec Storage Manager has used thirteen equal-sized disk drives to automatically create one logical drive with RAID 5 and a hot spare.

To exclude specific disk drives from the logical drive, specify a size for the logical drive, or to make other changes to the configuration, click Modify logical devices.

8Click Apply, then click Yes when prompted to confirm applying your new configuration. Adaptec Storage Manager builds the logical drive.

The configuration is saved on the Adaptec controller (as an “array”, see page 13) and on the physical disk drives.

9Partition and format your logical drive.

The logical drive you created appears as a physical disk drive on your operating system. You must partition and format these logical drives before you can use them to store data.

10Close all windows, then click Reboot to restart your system.

11Remove the Adaptec Installation DVD.

For information on installing and using Adaptec Storage Manager as a full software application, refer to the Adaptec Storage Manager User’s Guide or online Help.

12Continue with the following section.

Making Your Array Bootable

Use the ACU to make the array bootable (see Creating Bootable Arrays on page 106).

Then continue with Installing the Driver and an Operating System on page 59.