Creating or modifying logical devices

Complete the following steps to create or modify a logical device:

  1. 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:
    1. A segment shaded in light blue and outlined by a dashed line is not part of any logical device.
    2. 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.
  2. To select a hot-spare for the logical device, or to deselect a hot-spare, control-click the drive.

  3. In the Name field, enter a name for the logical device.

  4. 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.

  5. To configure the logical device for optimal performance, adjust the advanced settings as needed.

    Note: The default settings usually are adequate for most applications.

  6. If you have free space available and want to create additional logical devices, click ; then, repeat steps 1-4.

  7. When you are ready to continue, click Next. The "Configuration summary" window opens.

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