# Configuring a ServeRAID controller: the basic steps

The following steps are an overview of the ServeRAID configuration process:

1. Click (controller) that you want to configure from the tree.

2. Right-click Configure RAID. The Configuration wizard opens.

3. Click either Express configuration or Custom configuration:
   If you select Express configuration, the ServeRAID Manager automatically:
   1. Creates one or more arrays, based on the number and size of ready physical drives in your system.

   2. Defines a hot-spare drive, if four or more ready physical drives of the same size are available.

   3. Defines a logical drive for each array.

   If you select Custom configuration, the ServeRAID Manager walks you through:
   1. Selecting the physical drives that you want to include in your arrays or create as hot-spare drives.

   2. Defining the logical drives for your arrays.
4. Click Automatically initialize new logical drives to initialize the new logical drives. Initializing a logical drive erases the first 1024 sectors on the drive and prevents access to any data previously stored on the drive.
5. Click Next; then, review the configuration summary.
6. Click Apply. The ServeRAID Manager will configure the controller and initialize and synchronize the logical drives.

Your new logical drives and your configuration are ready for use.

## More information

- Example: Express configuration
- Configuring RAID

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