Creating A Profile-Based Logical Drive - HP MR Gen10 Plus User Manual

Creating a profile-based logical drive

Creating a profile-based logical drive
WARNING: Creating a logical drive will permanently delete any data on an associated drive. WARNING:
Procedure Procedure
1. From the System Utilities screen, select System Configuration > HPE MRXXX Gen10+ > Main Menu > Configuration Management >
Create Profile Based Logical Drive .
2. In the Create Profile Based Logical Drive screen, select a RAID level.
3. In the Generic R<level> screen, select the drive criteria.
4. View the profile parameters.
Parameter Parameter Description Description
Logical Name of the logical drive
Drive Name
RAID Level RAID level based on the profile selected.
Logical Amount of logical drive storage space. By default, the maximum capacity available for the logical drive is displayed.
Drive Size
Strip Size Stripe element size for the logical drive. Drive striping involves partitioning each drive storage space into strips of
different sizes the controller firmware supports.
Read Policy Reach cache policy for the logical drive. For any profile, if the drive is an SSD, the No Read Ahead option is
displayed. If the drive is not SSD, the default option is displayed. Possible options are Read Ahead or No Read
Ahead.
Write Policy Write cache policy for the logical drive. For any profile, if the drive is an SSD, the Write Through option is displayed.
If the drive is not SSD, the default option is displayed. Possible options are Write Through or Write Back.
IO Policy I/O policy for the logical drive. For any profile, if the drive is an SSD, the Direct IO option is displayed. If the drive is
not SSD, the default option is displayed. Possible options are Direct IO or Cached IO.
Access Access policy for the logical drive. Possible settings are Read/Write, Read Only, or Blocked.
Policy
Drive Cache Drive cache setting for the logical drive. Possible values are Unchanged, Enable, or Disable.
Default Logical drive initialization setting. Possible options are No, Fast, and Full.
Initialization
5. Click Save Configuration.
6. Review and address any warning messages, as needed.
7. Click Confirm and Yes to proceed.
Creating a profile-based logical drive 110