47 Altos R920
Installation Configuration Guide
Configuring Integrated SAS Hardware RAID
This section briefly shows how to create RAID with integrated
SAS Hardware RAID.
Starting Integrated SAS Hardware RAID Configuration Utility
To start Integrated SAS Hardware RAID Configuration Utility,
press
CTRL-G
when you see the RAID BIOS during POST. After
POST finished, the Adapter Selection page will show on the
screen. Please click on
Start
to launch the configuration menu.
Loading Factory Default Setting
1.
In the Configuration menu, select
Adapter Properties
. The
current adapter settings appear.
2.
Click on
Next
, change the setting of
Set Factory Defaults
from
No
to
Yes
then click on
Submit
.
3.
Exit the utility and reboot the system.
Creating and Initialing a RAID Volume
1.
Launch the Configuration menu.
2.
Select
Configuration Wizard
3.
Select
Add Configuration
(default) and click on
Next
.
4.
Select
Custom Configuration
(default) and click on
Next
.
5.
Select the drives that you want to add into the array
with
Ctrl
key. After you select the drives, click on
Accept DG
then
Next
.
6.
Select the
RAID Level
you want to use, create the logical
volume by specify the size at
Select Size
and click on
Accept
to create the logical volume.
7.
After you create the logical volumes on all of the RAID
volume, click on
Accept
and
Yes
to save the configuration.
8.
Click on
Yes
to initialize the new logical drives. You
will see all the logical drives listed.
9.
Click on
Home
to go back to the configuration menu.
10.
Now you can reboot the system and install the Operating
System. Select
Exit
, click on
Yes
and press
Ctrl+Alt+Del
to reboot the system.
Assigning a Hot Spare Disk
1.
Launch the configuration menu.
2.
Select a free disk marked as
UNCONF GOOD
and listed under
APPENDIX A: INTEGRATED
SAS HARDWARE RAID
CREATION
