bSelect Disk GroupCreate.

Alternatively, you can right-click the unassigned physical disks, and select Create Disk Group from the pop-up menu.

To create a secure disk group:

aOn the Physical tab, select one or more unassigned security capable physical disks of the same physical disk type.

bSelect Disk GroupCreate.

Alternatively, you can right-click the unassigned security capable physical disks, and select Create Disk Group from the pop-up menu.

The Introduction (Create Disk Group) window is displayed.

4Click Next.

The Disk Group Name and Physical Disk Selection window is displayed.

5Type a name for the disk group in Disk Group Name.

NOTE: The disk group name should not exceed 30 characters.

6Select the appropriate Physical Disk Selection choice; you can select:

For manual configuration, the Manual Physical Disk Selection window is displayed.

Automatic, see step 7

For automatic configuration, the RAID Level and Capacity window is displayed.

Manual, see step 10 7 Click Next.

8 Select the appropriate RAID level in Select RAID Level.

You can select RAID levels 1/10, 6, and 5. Depending on the RAID level selection, the physical disks available for the selected RAID level are displayed in the Select Capacity table.

9In the Select Capacity table, select the relevant disk group capacity, and click Finish.

Repeat the procedure for a minimum of two disk groups and then proceed to "Creating Virtual Disks" on page 49.

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Dell NX3500 manual Introduction Create Disk Group window is displayed

NX3500 specifications

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