Hi,
We have FAStT 500 storage installed and shared between two RS/6000 servers with two arrays of 7 disk each and assigned to servers(these arrays are created by some other engineer who is not available now).WE HAVE TWO ENCLOSURES AND TOTAL 16 DISKS installed two of them are hot spare.Now i want to install 4 more disks on one of the enclosure as we have a space of 4 disks available on EXP500 enclosure.I don't know how to create additional array without disturbing the additional arrays.If any one of u know the procedure to create an array on FAStT 500 pls send me the steps to create an array.I have one more doubt if i create an array of 4 disks then what are the steps to configure RAID-5 on 4 disk or it will automatically take RAID-5 as the existing arrays of 7 disk each are configured on RAID-5.
can i create an additional array online or i have to shutdown the servers before start with creating array.I am new to FAStT storage and i don't have much idea to create an array.If any one of u know the url from where i can get the document of steps creating an array and configuring raid - 5 pls let me know.i have some documents on FAStT storage but none of them contains step to create array.As the setup is online and i don't want to take any risk.pls help....
Regards
arvind shrivastava
We have FAStT 500 storage installed and shared between two RS/6000 servers with two arrays of 7 disk each and assigned to servers(these arrays are created by some other engineer who is not available now).WE HAVE TWO ENCLOSURES AND TOTAL 16 DISKS installed two of them are hot spare.Now i want to install 4 more disks on one of the enclosure as we have a space of 4 disks available on EXP500 enclosure.I don't know how to create additional array without disturbing the additional arrays.If any one of u know the procedure to create an array on FAStT 500 pls send me the steps to create an array.I have one more doubt if i create an array of 4 disks then what are the steps to configure RAID-5 on 4 disk or it will automatically take RAID-5 as the existing arrays of 7 disk each are configured on RAID-5.
can i create an additional array online or i have to shutdown the servers before start with creating array.I am new to FAStT storage and i don't have much idea to create an array.If any one of u know the url from where i can get the document of steps creating an array and configuring raid - 5 pls let me know.i have some documents on FAStT storage but none of them contains step to create array.As the setup is online and i don't want to take any risk.pls help....
Regards
arvind shrivastava