Acer AR380 F1 Series, User Manual

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Adaptec onboard SATA RAID Creation
Configuring Adaptec onboard SATA RAID
This section explains briefly how to create a RAID volume with the
Adaptec onboard SATA RAID.
Enabling the Adaptec onboard SATA RAID controller
1
Turn on the server and the display monitor. If the server is already
turned on, please close all open applications and then restart the
server.
2 During POST, press <F2> to access the BIOS Setup Utility.
3 Select the Advanced > IDE/SATA Configuration submenu.
4 Change the setting of the Configure SATA#1 as field from IDE to
RAID.
5 Select Adaptec of ICH Raid CodeBase option.
6 Press <F10>.
7 Select Ok to save the setting and close the Setup Utility.
Entering Adaptec onboard SATA RAID Configuration Utility
To start the Adaptec onboard SATA RAID Configuration Utility, please
press <CTRL> + <A> when you see the RAID BIOS during POST. After
POST finished, the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility will display on
the screen.
Creating RAID Volume
1
Select the Array Configuration Utility option.
2 Select Create Array.
3 The screen displays Select drives to create Array.
4 Select the desired hard drive disk and then press <INS> to add it in
Selected Drives area.
5 Press <Enter> to complete the selection.
6 Select Array Type.
7 Configure the array properties.
8 Press Done when finish.
9 Press Y when prompted by "Do you want to create an array? (Yes/
No):".
10 Press any key to continue.