
Assigning RAID Levels
Only one RAID level can be assigned to each logical drive. The drives required per RAID level are:
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| 0 | One | 32 |
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| 1 | Two | Two |
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| 3 | Three | 32 |
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| 5 | Three | 32 |
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| 10 | Four | 32 |
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| 30 | Six | 32 |
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| 50 | Six | 32 |
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Configuring Logical Drives
After you have installed the MegaRAID controller in the server and have attached all physical disk drives, perform the following actions to prepare a RAID disk array:
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| 1 | Optimize the MegaRAID controller options for your system. See Chapter 3 |
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| 2 | Press <Ctrl> <M> to run the MegaRAID Manager. |
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| 3 | Perform a |
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| 4 | Define and configure one or more logical drives. Select Easy Configuration |
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| 5 | Create and configure one or more system drives (logical drives). Select the |
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| RAID level, cache policy, read policy, and write policy. |
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| 6 | Save the configuration. |
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| 7 | Initialize the system drives. After initialization, you can install the |
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