Automatic Storage Subsystem Configuration
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Use this option to automatically configure your Storage Subsystem using all of the remaining unconfigured Storage Subsystem capacity and any free capacity in existing arrays. The result of this option will be a controller-defined set of logical drives, arrays, and hot spares. The resulting configuration is normally well suited to the needs of many applications.
Important: Do not use this option if:
- You want to optimize the configuration for a certain application.
- You want logical drives with different RAID levels, cache settings, or other parameters.
- You have specific hot spare requirements.
- You want to keep some free space available for future use.
Procedure
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From the Subsystem Management Window, select the Configure >> Automatic Configuration pull-down menu option.
Result: The Confirm Automatic Configuration dialog is displayed.
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Select Yes.
Result:
- A controller-defined configuration is applied to the storage subsystem.
- From the initial set of unassigned drives, one is configured as a hot spare
- From the remaining set of unassigned drives, the maximum number of 5+1 RAID 5 logical drives is configured.
- If between 1 and 5 drives remain, then they are configured as follows:
Number of remaining drives
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Resulting configuration
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Between 3 and 5
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An N+1 RAID 5 logical drive is created.
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2
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A 1+1 RAID 1 logical drive is created.
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1
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A hot spare is created.
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- The Logical View and the Physical View are updated to reflect the new configuration.
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