LSI 1600 User Manual

          MegaRAID Enterprise 1600 Hardware Guide

Perform the following procedure to configure the shared disks.

1

Right-click on My Computer.

2

Click on Manage, then click on Storage.

3

Double-click on Disk Management.

4

Make sure that all shared disks are formatted as NTFS and are designated as Basic. If you
connect a new drive, the Write Signature and Upgrade Disk Wizard starts automatically.

If this occurs, click on Next to go through the wizard. The wizard sets the disk to
dynamic, but you can uncheck it at this point to set it to basic.

To reset the disk to Basic, right-click on Disk # (where # identifies the disk that you are
working with) and click on Revert to Basic Disk.

5

Right-click on unallocated disk space.

6

Click on Create Partition…

7

The Create Partition Wizard begins. Click on Next twice.

8

Enter the desired partition size in MB and click on Next.

9

Accept the default drive letter assignment by clicking on Next.

10

Click on Next to format and create a partition.

After you have configured the bus, disks, and partitions, you must assign drive letters to each
partition on each clustered disk.

Note: 

Mountpoints is a feature of the file system that lets you mount a file system using an existing
directory without assigning a drive letter. Mountpoints is not supported on clusters. Any external
disk that is used as a cluster resource must be partitioned using NTFS partitions and have a drive
letter assigned to it. Use the procedure below to assign driver letters.

1

Right-click on the desired partition and select Change Drive Letter and Path.

2

Select a new drive letter.

3

Repeat steps 1 and 2 for each shared disk.

4

Close the Computer Management window.