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Chapter 4 Installing the Operating System
Configuring the RAID Arrays
To configure the arrays, you group the physical disks into logical disks and assign a RAID type to each
logical disk. The procedure you use to configure the arrays depends on whether the Cisco
Unity server
was purchased from Cisco:
Using the Cisco-Provided Array-Configuration Utility
A Cisco Unity server purchased from Cisco ships with Platform Configuration discs that contain a utility
for automatically configuring the arrays. Do one of the following two procedures, depending on the
platform: Hewlett-Packard or IBM.
Hewlett-Packard: To Configure the RAID Arrays by Using the Cisco-Provided Utility
Step 1 Start the Cisco Unity server, and insert Cisco Unity Platform and RAID Configuration Disc (HP) CD 1
in the CD-ROM drive.
Step 2 When the main menu appears, press <F1>.
Step 3 Follow the on-screen prompts. When the utility has completed, the main menu reappears.
Caution Do not press any keys while the BIOS screen is displayed. If you interrupt the utility, you will
have to start over.
IBM: To Configure the RAID Arrays by Using the Cisco-Provided Utility
Step 1 Start the Cisco Unity server, and insert the Cisco Unity RAID Configuration Disc (IBM) in the CD-ROM
drive.
Step 2 Select the server type. The options may combine the following information:
• Server model.
• Number of physical disks installed in the server.
• Size, in gigabytes, of the largest physical disks.
Server
purchased
from Cisco
Use the Cisco-provided array-configuration utility. See the “Using the Cisco-Provided
Array-Configuration Utility” section on page 4-2.
Note We recommend that you use the Cisco-provided array-configuration utility that
appears on the Cisco
Unity Platform and RAID Configuration Disc even if you
install the operating system by using the manufacturer’s guided system-setup
utility and a retail Windows disc. The array-configuration utility automatically
configures the arrays as recommended for each server and can save a substantial
amount of time over manually configuring the arrays by using the
array-configuration utility available on the manufacturer disc.
Server
not purchased
from Cisco
Use the array-configuration utility available on the manufacturer disc that is shipped
with the Cisco
Unity server. See the “Using the Manufacturer-Provided
Array-Configuration Utility” section on page 4-3.
