Creating Disk Array Or Logical Driver; Automatic Configuration; Express Configuration - NEC EXPRESS5800 User Manual

3.6 Creating Disk Array or Logical Driver

A disk array can be created in any of the following three ways.

Automatic Configuration

Express Configuration

Advanced Configuration
3.6.1 Automatic Configuration
1. Click Disk Arrays in the Tree View.
2. Click the Create tab in the Management Window and select Automatic Configuration.
3. Click [Submit].
Disk arrays and logical drives are automatically created.
In the automatic configuration, the RAID level to be created is automatically determined
depending on the number of free HDDs as follows:
RAID0 for a single HDD
RAID1 for two HDDs
RAID5 for three HDDs
RAID5 for four HDDs
3.6.2 Express Configuration
1. Click Disk Arrays in the Tree View.
2. Click the Create tab in the Management Window and select Express Configuration.
Checks the number of unconfigured HDDs connected currently and
creates disk arrays of a proper capacity and RAID level and logical
drives automatically.
Creates disk arrays and logical drives semi-automatically only if you
select a RAID level fit to the environment used and the number of
logical drives to be created.
Creates disk arrays and logical drives if you select or enter every
parameter.
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