Creating or modifying logical devices
Complete the following steps to create or modify a logical device:
- In the Physical devices view, click the drives you want the
logical device to use. To view available segments
on each disk drive, switch to the full-size capacity
view or relative-size capacity view.
Notes:
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A segment shaded in light blue and outlined by a dashed line is not part of any logical device.
- If you choose a combination of both SAS and SATA disk drives, the Adaptec Storage Manager reports a warning in the event viewer.
Mixing drive types is supported but not recommended.
- To select a hot-spare for the logical device, or to deselect a hot-spare, control-click the drive.
- In the Name field, enter a name for the logical device.
- If you do not want to use the maximum size for the logical device,
click Advanced settings; then, type the size in the
Size (MB) field:
For HostRAID controllers,
the logical device uses all of the space on each disk drive; you cannot adjust
the logical device size.
- To configure the logical device for optimal performance, adjust the advanced
settings as needed.
Note: The default
settings usually are adequate for most applications.
- If you have free space available and want to create additional logical devices,
click
;
then, repeat steps 1-4.
- When you are ready to continue, click Next. The "Configuration
summary" window opens.
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