To Create a Logical Drive (x86)

After you have verified which drives are available for logical drive configuration, as described in To Verify the Drives and Their Slots (x86), you can use those drives to create a logical drive. In the following procedure, drives 2 and 3 (3:00:02, 3:00:03) are being used to create a RAID 1 volume.

1. From the Drive Management screen that is displaying the attached drives, press the Esc key to return to the previous menu, use the arrow keys to navigate to the Configuration Management menu option, and press Enter.
   
2. From the page that is displayed, use the arrow keys to navigate to the Create Virtual Drive menu option, and press Enter.
   
3. From the page that is displayed, navigate to the Select RAID Level field, press Enter to display the Select RAID Level popup window, choose the RAID level that you want, based on your requirements, and press Enter.

   In the following example, the RAID 1 level is selected.

   
4. Use the arrow keys to navigate to the Select Drives field, and press Enter.
   
5. For each drive that you want in the RAID volume configuration, do the following:
   1. Use the arrow keys to navigate to the drive.
   2. Use the arrow keys to navigate to the Enabled or Disabled field associated with the drive, and press Enter.
   3. From the popup window that is displayed, use the arrow keys to navigate to the Enabled field, and press Enter.

      The drive is now listed as Enabled. In the following example, drives 2 and 3 are enabled.

      
6. After you have enabled all the drives that you want to be part of the logical drive, use the arrow keys to navigate to the Apply Changes field on the same page, and press Enter.

   The logical drive is now created with the drives that you enabled, and the Confirmation page is displayed.

7. Press Enter on the Confirmation page to return to the Create Virtual Drive page.
   
8. Complete the steps in To Confirm the Logical Drive Creation (x86).