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Note: If the capacity of the unit you create will exceed 2TB and you are using Windows 2000, Windows XP (32-bit), Windows 2003 (32-bit and 64-bit without SP1) or Linux 2.4, or FreeBSD 4.x, you will need to enable auto-carving. Before creating your unit, follow the instructions under Using Auto-Carving for Multi LUN Support.
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If you plan to make changes to your configuration and need to backup data before continuing, press ESC and do so now. Otherwise, press any key to continue.
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If you have more than one 9000-series controller in your system, a screen lists the available boards. In this case, highlight the board with which you want to work and press Enter.
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Select the drives to be included by highlighting each one and pressing Enter to select it, or select all at once by selecting the heading above them.
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After all drives for the unit are selected, use the Tab to move to the Create Unit button and press Enter.
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(Optional) Press Enter in the Array Name field and type a name for the unit. Then press Enter again to accept the name.
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Use the arrow keys or press Tab to move to the RAID Configuration field and press Enter to display the available RAID levels for the number of drives you selected.
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Use the arrow keys or press Tab to move to the field Stripe Size and select the desired stripe size (16KB, 64KB, or 256KB).
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Use the arrow keys or press Tab to move to the field you want to change.
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Press Enter to see the available options.
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Note: Setting a Boot Volume Size is optional. In addition, if you specify a boot volume, you do not have to install your operating system onto it. For more information about creating a boot volume, see Boot volume size. If the size of your array is 2TB or greater, you may also want to review the information about carving the unit into multiple volumes. For details, see Using Auto-Carving for Multi LUN Support.
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Press Enter to display a text box.
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Press Enter again to accept the size.
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If you leave the Unit Write Cache field enabled and do not have a BBU installed, 3BM will ask you to confirm that you want to enable write cache.
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If the volume summary screen appears, review the information and press any key to continue.
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If you have additional drives, you can go ahead and configure an additional RAID unit or designate a hot spare. Then continue on with these steps. (For details about hot spares, see page 31.)
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If you configured more than one unit, and you plan to install the operating system on one of them, make that unit be the first unit (Unit 0) in the list of Exportable Units.
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When you are finished configuring units, press F8 to save the changes and exit 3BM.
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Type Y to continue, delete any existing data on the drives, and create the unit.
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If you want to immediately use a RAID configuration which has started foreground initializing, you can press Esc to cancel the progress box. (Before doing this, be sure to read “Trade-offs to cancelling initialization,” below.)
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If you are finished creating RAID units, be sure to check the boot sequence for your system, as described under Checking the Motherboard Boot Sequence.
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