Number of disk drives required Chapter 3: Building Your Storage Space . 39 By default, Adaptec Storage Manager automatically sets the size of the logical drive and maximizes the capacity of the disk drives you select. (To set a custom size for the logical drive, see Step 9.) (Optional) Create a global hot spare by clicking the Create Global Hot Spare button, then clicking on an available disk drive. (Alternatively, Ctrl+click an available disk drive.) Available disk drives are represented by light blue icons. A plus sign (+) appears to indicate that the selected disk drive will be a hot spare. (To remove a hot-spare designation from a disk drive, Ctrl+click it.) Create Global Hot Spare button Available disk drives are light-blue A global hot spare has a plus sign beside it See Creating and Managing Hot Spares on page 54 for more information. (Optional) To set a smaller logical drive size or modify other settings for this logical drive click Advanced Settings, then customize the settings as required. See Fine-tuning Logical Drives on page 65 for more information. Chapter 3: Building Your Storage Space . 40 10 If you have no other available disk drives, skip to Step 12. If you have available disk drives and want to create additional logical drives, click Add logical device to open a new tab in the wizard. Tab for second logical drive 11 Repeat Steps 4 to 10 for each logical drive that you want to create on the controller. 12 Click Next, then review the logical drive settings. This example shows two logical drives with RAID 5 are ready to be created. To make changes, click Back. Note: Some operating systems have size limitations for logical drives. Before continuing, verify that the size of the logical drive is appropriate for your operating system. For more information, refer to your operating system documentation. 13 Click Apply, then click Yes. Adaptec Storage Manager builds the logical drive(s), indicated by a magnifying glass moving across the new logical drive icon in the Logical Devices View. A magnifying glass means that a logical drive is being built. It disappears once the logical drive has been created. The logical drive power management timers window opens. Chapter 3: Building Your Storage Space . 41 14 Set the power management timers for the logical drive. The power management timers control power usage by the logical device’s disk drives. See Maintaining an Energy-Efficient Storage Space on page 77 for more information. Note: Adaptec Storage Manager prompts you to set timers for each logical drive you created in the wizard. If you did not enable power management for any logical drive, Adaptec Storage Manager does not display the power management timers window. 15 Repeat Steps 1 to 14 for each controller in your storage space, as required. 16 Partition and format your logical drives. See page 36 for more information. 17 When you’ve finished building your storage space, continue with Managing Your Storage Space on page 41. ...

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