Chapter 6: Managing Logical Drives and Hot Spares ● 815 In the Logical Devices panel, select the disk drives you want to use in the modified logical drive.Note: Adaptec recommends that you not combine SAS and SATA disk drives within the samelogical drive. Adaptec Storage Manager generates a warning if you try to create a logical driveusing a combination of SAS and SATA disk drives.Adaptec Storage Manager prompts you to select the correct number of disk drives.If you want to remove a specific disk drive and replace it with another one (for instance,replace a smaller disk drive with a larger one), click on the disk drive you want to remove.An X indicates that the selected disk drive will be removed from the logical drive.6 Modify the Advanced Settings, if required. (See Fine-tuning Logical Drives on page 72.)7 Click Next.8 Review the new logical drive settings. To make changes, click Back.Note: Some operating systems have size limitations for logical drives. Before you save theconfiguration, verify that the size of the logical drive is appropriate for your operating system.9 To update your logical drive immediately, click Apply, then click Yes.To schedule the changes for later, click Schedule, set the date and time, then click Apply.(For more information, see page 111.)Deleting a Logical DriveCaution: When you delete a logical drive, you lose all data stored on that logical drive.To delete a logical drive:Ensure that you no longer need the data stored on the logical drive.1 In the Enterprise View, click on the controller associated with the logical drive.2 In the Logical Devices View, click the logical drive.Number of disk drives required!
