re : DS2300 help

[Vincent_5]

Hi Guys,
Can I know if any of you guys have setup a DS2300 with a 4si card before. I have 6 x 72GB harddisk install on a DS2300 and I wanted to create a raid 1 + 0 for the 6 disk. Can I know the steps in how can the 6 disk be configure to raid 1 + 0 . Please advice???


Regards
Vincent

[The Spartan]

Hey Vincent,

I hope this helps -

http://docs.hp.com/en/J6173-90007/index.html

[Vincent_5]

Hi Spartan,
Thanks for the info, I have already gone through the admin guide, nut the question is it still never says how to create 6 x 72GB disk to raid 1+0 . The requirement is only 4 x 72GB instead. Please advice?? I need the steps ???


Regards
Vincent

[e4services · Accepted solution]

Now it is unclear what you are speaking about "The requirement is only 4 x 72GB instead" when before you said 6 drives. And the manual DOES show how to, step by step, configure RADI1 with Spanning;
http://docs.hp.com/en/J6173-90007/ch03s05.html#bcfhaifa
You do not use the Automeatic Configure mode, but the Manual, New Configuration selections;
Menu path: "Management Menu" â Configure â New Configuration

if you want to create a RAID 1+0 configuration with 6 physical disks, create the first array of two disks, press Enter, create the second array of two disks, press Enter, and continue until you have created the third array of two disks and pressed Enter. Then, make sure the 3 arrays are shown on the "New Configuration - ARRAY SELECTION MENU" (if you started with a clear configuration, the arrays would be numbered A00, A01, and A02.)
Press Enter to configure the arrays into a single logical drive.

The "Logical Drives Configured" screen, with the "Logical Drive n" menu to the lower left, displays. The "Logical Drives Configured" screen lists the logical drives and this information about each drive:

[Vincent_5]

Hi E4services,
Thanks for the guide, sorry to ask but I really have don't in this portion. On your steps you mention create 1 array of two disk, 2 array of two disk and 3 array of two disk. After this I will have a00-a01 a01-a01 and a02-a01 something like that. Now should i combined this three to create a raid 1 or raid 0 for the logical drive. This is because on the raid selection I can only see raid 0 , raid 3 and raid 5 . Please advice???

Also how about the spanning ...

Regards
Vincent