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Chapter 6: MegaRAID Window and Menus
Follow these steps to create a new storage configuration in Auto Configuration mode:
1. Select a redundancy option from the drop-down menu at the bottom of the AUTO
CONFIGURATION screen:
•No Redundancy: The new configuration will have no data redundancy (RAID
0). If a physical disk in the configuration fails, all data will be lost.
•With Redundancy: The new configuration will have data redundancy via mir-
rored data (RAID 1) or via parity data (RAID 5). If a physical disk fails, data is
still protected.
2. Select an initialization option from the drop-down menu at the bottom of the screen:
•No Initialization: Using this option, new configuration is not initialized and the
existing data on the disks is not overwritten.
•Fast Initialization: Using this option, MegaRAID Storage Manager software
quickly writes zeroes to the first and last 8 Mbyte regions of the new virtual disk.
•Full Initialization: If you select this option, a complete initialization is done on
the new configuration. This may take a long time if the disks are large.
Figure 6-5. Auto Configuration Screen