Getting Started Step 4: Building Your Storage Space ● 42Partitioning and Formatting Your Logical DrivesThe logical drives you create appear as physical disk drives on your operating system. You mustpartition and format these logical drives before you can use them to store data.Note: Logical drives that have not been partitioned and formatted cannot be used to storedata.Refer to your operating system documentation for more information.Next StepsIf you have installed Adaptec RAID controllers on more than one computer, to continuebuilding your storage space:● From each computer, log in to Adaptec Storage Manager and repeat Steps 1 to 7 to createlogical drives.● From your local system (the computer you’re working on), log in to all other computers inyour storage space as remote systems (see page 51), then repeat Steps 1 to 7 to create logicaldrives.The maximum number of supported RAID controllers varies depending on your operatingsystem. See RAID Controller Support on page 48 for more information.To continue, see Managing Your Storage Space on page 49.Custom Configuration (Advanced)Custom configuration helps you build your storage space manually by stepping you throughthe process of creating logical drives, setting RAID levels, and configuring other settings.To build your storage space with custom configuration:1 In the Enterprise View, click the controller you want.Note how many available disk drives are connected to the controller; this information willbe helpful as you create logical drives.2 On the toolbar, click Create.
