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NOTE: Try to use drives of the same capacity in a specific array. If you use drives with different capacities in an array, all drives in the array are treated as if they have the capacity of the smallest drive in the array.

An array selection window displays the devices connected to the current controller. Hot key information appears at the bottom of the screen. The hot key functions are:

–<F2> Display drive data and PERC 3 error count for the selected drive.

–<F3> Display the logical drives that have been configured.

–<F4> Designate the selected drive as a hot spare.

–<F10> Display the logical drive configuration screen.

2Press the arrow keys to choose specific physical drives.

3Press the spacebar to associate the selected physical drive with the current array.

The indicator for the selected drive changes from READY to ONLINE A[array number]-[drive number]. For example, ONLINE A2-3means disk drive 3 in array 2.

4Add physical drives to the current array as desired.

The number of physical drives in a specific array determines the RAID levels that can be implemented with the array.

–RAID 0 requires one or more physical drives per array.

–RAID 1 requires two physical drives per array.

–RAID 5 requires at least three physical drives per array.

–RAID 10 requires at least four physical drives per array.

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