Adaptec RAID 5805Z Installation And User Manual

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Chapter 6: Creating a Bootable Array ● 457 Review the information that is displayed.Note: In DAS environments, Adaptec Storage Manager uses the term logical drives whenreferring to arrays (see page 12).In this example, Adaptec Storage Manager has used thirteen equal-sized disk drives toautomatically create one logical drive with RAID 5 and a hot spare.To exclude specific disk drives from the logical drive, specify a size for the logical drive, orto make other changes to the configuration, click Modify logical devices.8 Click Apply, then click Yes when prompted to confirm applying your new configuration.Adaptec Storage Manager builds the logical drive.The configuration is saved on the Adaptec controller (as an “array”, see page 12) and on thephysical disk drives.9 Partition and format your logical drive.The logical drive you created appears as a physical disk drive on your operating system.You must partition and format these logical drives before you can use them to store data.10 Close all windows, then click Reboot to restart your system.11 Remove the Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD.For information on installing and using Adaptec Storage Manager as a full softwareapplication, refer to the Adaptec Storage Manager User’s Guide or online Help.12 Continue with the following section.Making Your Array BootableUse the ACU to make the array bootable (see Creating Bootable Arrays on page 83).Then continue with Installing the Driver and an Operating System on page 46 .