Creating a New Configuration

Selecting Available Unconfigured Drive

Selecting Virtual Drive Settings

The LSI Storage Authority software lets you configure RAID drive groups and virtual drives to create new storage configurations.

Perform the following steps to create a new storage configuration.

1.	In the Server dashboard or the Controller dashboard, select Configure > Advanced Configuration.

The Advanced Configuration window opens.

2.	Select a RAID level for the drive group. For example, select RAID 1.

NOTE  Click Compare and Select to view the detailed information on each RAID level.

3.	Select the Encryption check box if you want to apply the encryption logic to secure the data in the virtual drive.

NOTE  You can add an hot spare to all of the RAID levels except RAID 0. Also, you can create a secured virtual drive only when the security capable drives are present. This check box is disabled when there are no secured drives.

4.	Select the Data Protection check box to detect data corruption on media and prevent system errors caused by silent data corruption (SDC).

NOTE  This check box is disabled when there are no secured drives.

5.	Click Next.

6.	Click Add Physical Drives to add physical drives to the drive group.

The Available Unconfigured Drives window appears.

For information on adding the unconfigured drives to the drive group, see Selecting Available Unconfigured Drive.

7.	Click Add Virtual Drives to add virtual drives to the drive group.

The Virtual Drive Settings window appears.

For information on configuring virtual drives, see Selecting Virtual Drive Settings.

8.	Click Finish.

A message appears stating that the configuration is complete.