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### To Express-Configure an Array

Note - You can also change the storage array disk profiles by using the Change Profile button. See also About Creating Storage Pools and Configuring Arrays.

1. Click Individual Configuration at the Array Management page.
2. Select a storage array in the table.
3. Click Express Configuration.
4. Type a description of the array in the Description text field.

The maximum number of characters allowed is 26.

5. Click Save.

Continue with the following steps if you wish to add storage to the profile.

6. Click Add Storage to Profile to add storage devices to the array profile.

The Tray Summary table lists any trays and disk drives that are not assigned to a storage pool.

7. Select a tray from the table.

You can add all drives or a specific number of drives in the array to the profile.

8. Select how many drives to add from the pull-down menu in the Drives to Allocate column.
9. If you want to be notified when the add-drive operation is finished, type an email address in the Notification text field.
10. Click Add Selected.
11. The Jobs page is displayed, showing the progress of the drive addition operation.

## Managing Profiles

Clicking the Array Management Profile tab displays the Profile Management page. You can choose a pre-configured profile or create a new one. Filter the profiles to display with the following information:

- Name - The profile name
- Raid - RAID level 0, 1, or 5 configured across all disks within a virtual disk

Segment size- A segment size of 4 Kbytes, 8 Kbytes, 16 Kbytes, 32 Kbytes, or 64 Kbytes. In a RAID-5 configuration, the segment size is the size of the data striped across volumes.

- Readahead - The read-ahead cache.status (on/off)
- Array Type - Determines the specific array type to use:

1) Exact Match - IOPS (1x2, 2x4 array)

2) Exact Match - Bandwidth (1x1, 2x2 array)

3) Exact Match - Capacity (1x3, 2x6 array)

4) Best Available Match - IOPS

5) Best Available Match - Bandwidth

6) Best Available Match - Capacity

Types 1 to 3 match only one array configuration (1x1, 1x2, 1x3, 2x2, 2x4, 2x6). If a profile has one of these three parameter settings and the specific array is not available, then the profile cannot be applied.

Types 4 to 6 attempt to match the best available array based on the environment (IOPs, Bandwidth, Capacity). For example, Best Available Match - Capacity will search for 2x6s, then 2x4s, then 2x2s. The following rules apply to the three Best Available Match settings for the listed models:

- (SE6120: MR-1) IOPS: 1x2 - 1x1 - 1x3
- (SE6120: MR-1) Bandwidth: 1x1 - x2- 1x3
- (SE6120: MR-1) Capacity: 1x3 - 1x2 - 1x1
- (SE6120: MR-2, SE6320) IOPS: 2x4 - 2x2 - 2x6
- (SE6120: MR-2, SE6320) Bandwidth: 2x2 - 2x4 - 2x6
- (SE6120: MR-2, SE6320) Capacity: 2x6 - 2x4 - 2x2

Note: that for the last three choices, the array or system determines the best available match.

Use the Profile Management buttons to:

- Create a new profile
- Delete a profile
- Import a profile
- Export a profile

Select an option from the Filter button to display:

- All profiles
- Profiles in use
- Profiles not in use

Also see To Change an Array Disk Profile.

## Custom Array Configuration

The Custom Configuration button from the Array Management Individual Configuration page displays expert-level array configuration setting options. When you choose to custom-configure an individual array, you can:

- Create and manage storage pools
- Duplicate storage tray settings from one tray to another
- Create and manage array cache settings, including cache mode, segment size, and LUN failover mode and reconstruction rate

Caution - When you change array settings, data found on any detected volumes is deleted.

See the following for more detail:

- To Custom-Configure an Array
- To Configure Fibre Channel Port Settings
- To Change an Array Disk Profile
- To Duplicate Tray Settings to Another Tray
- To View Tray Details
- To View Storage Pools for Individual Trays