LSI 1600 User Manual
MegaRAID Enterprise 1600 Hardware Guide
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Assigning RAID Levels
Only one RAID level can be assigned to each logical drive. The drives required per RAID level
are:
are:
RAID
Level
Minimum Number of
Physical Drives
Maximum Number of Physical
Drives
0
One
32
1
Two
Two
3
Three
32
5
Three
32
10
Four
32
30
Six
32
50
Six
32
Configuring Logical Drives
After you have installed the MegaRAID controller in the server and have attached all physical disk
drives, perform the following actions to prepare a RAID disk array:
drives, perform the following actions to prepare a RAID disk array:
Step
Action
1
Optimize the MegaRAID controller options for your system. See Chapter 3
for additional information.
for additional information.
2
Press <Ctrl> <M> to run the MegaRAID Manager.
3
Perform a low-level format of the SCSI drives that will be included in the
array and the drives to be used for hot spares.
array and the drives to be used for hot spares.
4
Define and configure one or more logical drives. Select Easy Configuration
in MegaRAID Manager or select New Configuration to customize the
RAID array.
in MegaRAID Manager or select New Configuration to customize the
RAID array.
5
Create and configure one or more system drives (logical drives). Select the
RAID level, cache policy, read policy, and write policy.
RAID level, cache policy, read policy, and write policy.
6
Save the configuration.
7
Initialize the system drives. After initialization, you can install the
operating system.
operating system.