Creating arrays and hot-spare drives
Complete the following steps to create arrays:
- Click the appropriate Array tab in the right pane:

Then, from the list of ready drives, select the drives
you want to move to the array: |
 |
- Click
>>
(Add selected drives) to add the drives to the array. You can click
>>
(Add all drives) to move all ready drives to an array.
- Repeat steps 1 and 2 for each additional array or hot-spare drive that you
want to configure.
Note: To create a
spanned array, the arrays to be spanned must be identical (that is, they must
have the same number of physical drives).
- If you do not want to create spanned arrays, continue to step 5.
Otherwise, select the Span arrays check box
.
Then, click Next. The "Create spanned arrays"
window opens.
- After you select the ready drives for your arrays and hot-spare drive, click
Next. The "Create logical drives" window opens.
To return to the "Express and Custom configuration"
window, click Back.
To leave the Configuration wizard, click Cancel.
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