83 Altos G330 Installation Configuration Guide
Configuring Adaptec SAS 44300 HostRAID
This section briefly shows how to create RAID 1 with Adaptec SAS 44300
HostRAID.
Starting SAS Configuration Utility
To start Adaptec SAS/SATA Configuration Utility, press CTRL-A when you see
the Adaptec Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) BIOS during POST.
Create RAID1 volume
1.
Select Array Configuration Utility in the Options.
2.
Select Create Array in the Main Menu of Array Configuration utility.
3.
Press the arrow keys to choose specific physical drives and press spacebar
to associate the selected drive with the current array. The select drives will
be added to the right field.
4.
After you select the drives, press Enter to configure the Array Properties.
5.
Select RAID 1(Mirror) and press Enter.
6.
Specify the name for the RAID volume and press Enter.
7.
Select Quick Init to create the RAID.
8.
Press Enter on Done to completed the RAID creation.
Assigning a Hot Spare Disk
1.
Select Add/Delete Hotspare in the Main Menu of Array Configuration
utility.
2.
Press the arrow keys to choose specific physical drives and press spacebar.
The selected drive will be added to the right field.
3.
Press Enter then Y to create the spare.
4.
Press Y again to confirm creating the spare.
5.
Now you can press ESC to exit the Adaptec SAS/SATA Configuration utility
and start to install OS.
APPENDIX C: ADAPTEC
SAS 44300 HOSTRAID
CREATION