
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only.
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This option give you an automatic method to create an IBM PC ServeRAID configuration based on the number of physical drives that are in the ready (RDY) state. The bays are scanned for the physical drives in the RDY state.
Amaximum of nine drives will be selected on a
Table 3. Configurations that
Physical Drives Available | RAID Level Created | |
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1 | 0 | no |
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2 | 1 | no |
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3 | 5 | no |
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5 | yes | |
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Upon defining this configuration,
Note: If you require a configuration other than these, you will need to manually configure your arrays using Create/Delete/Copy.
4 Create/Delete/Copy
Select this option if you are configuring your system for the first time or if you have added or removed a disk drive. More panels will be provided for you to accomplish your task.
5 Initialize/Synchronize
Select Initialize/Synchronize logical drive if you want to prepare a freshly created logical drive for use or if you want the system to recompute the parity data in the drive.
6 Rebuild/Device Management
This choice is used when you replace a defunct drive and/or reconstruct the data on a failed drive. You can also select Drive information to view SCSI devices connected to the RAID Adapter. You can view drive IDs, capacities, and error records. The Device Error Table can also be erased.
7 Advanced Functions
This choice shows you a menu as shown in Figure 43 on page 54 gives you access to a number of advanced functions:
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