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Configuring Units
After you have physically installed your 3ware RAID controller
and connected it to your disk drives, you configure how the drives
connected to the controller will be used in RAID arrays.
This section includes the following topics:
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“Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels” on page 28
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“Determining What RAID Level to Use” on page 31
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“Working with the 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM)” on page 34
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“Specifying the Unit Configuration” on page 40
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“Initializing Units” on page 48
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“Checking the Motherboard Boot Sequence” on page 50
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“Checking the Motherboard Boot Sequence” on page 50
If you already know the RAID configuration you want, turn to
“Specifying the Unit Configuration” on page 40.
Note:
This section describes how to configure your
RAID arrays as part of the installation process. For
complete information about using 3ware BIOS Manager
(3BM), including how to use it to change existing
configurations, and for information about how to define
and change the configuration using 3ware Disk Manager
(3DM 2), see the
3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID
Controller User Guide .