User Manual
BC4000 Series RAID Controllers
02/13/06
B ro ad c om C o r p or at i on
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BC4000-UM100-R
Preparing Disks and Arrays for New OS Installs
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P
REPARING
D
ISKS
AND
A
RRAYS
FOR
N
EW
OS I
NSTALLS
I
NITIALIZING
D
ISKS
FROM
THE
BIOS
Before new disks are used, they must be initialized and at least the boot array must be created using RAIDCore
BIOS Array Configuration utility. Initialization writes the RAIDCore configuration information to disk. This
process is the same whether there is one controller or multiple controllers in the system.
See
“Understanding the Color Code in the BIOS” on page 50
for more information.
To initialize disks from the BIOS:
1.
Turn on the computer to start booting.
2.
When prompted, press the
Ctrl + R
keys to access the RAIDCore BIOS Array Configuration utility.
The
Array Configuration
menu is displayed (see
“Understanding the Color Code in the BIOS” on
page 50
).
3.
Use the arrow keys to select
Initialize Disk(s)
from the
Main
menu.
4.
Press
Enter.
5.
Use the arrow keys to highlight a disk, and then press the
Insert
key to select the disk or choose all selectable
disks by pressing
A
.
Multiple disks can be selected; there is no need to initialize one disk at a time.
6.
Press
Enter
to initialize the selected disks.
7.
Press
C
to confirm the initialization.
Initialization takes 10–15 seconds per disk. A status indicator shows which disk is being initialized. When the
initialization is complete the status indicator goes away, and a complete rescan of all channels is done automatically.
Notes:
•
No changes are necessary in the Motherboard CMOS setup for the resources or drive types.
Because RAIDCore BC4000 Series RAID controllers are PCI Plug and Play (PnP) devices, the
interrupt and port address resources are automatically assigned by the PCI PnP BIOS of the
motherboard.
•
If you want to boot from the RAIDCore BC4000 Series RAID controller drive array and continue
to use the hard drives attached to your IDE controller on the motherboard, refer to the
motherboard manual for the specific BIOS settings to use to establish the proper boot order.
•
A disk from the Disk list is highlighted, the LEDs on the controller or a properly cabled disk
enclosure light up to identify that disk.
•
If you want to boot from another controller within the system, you may need to disable INT13
installation in the BIOS (see
“Changing Controller Options From the BIOS” on page 58
).
Note:
If the BIOS is not displayed, contact Broadcom support.
Caution!
If a disk has a RAIDCore array on it, it cannot be selected. If you want to initialize this disk
anyway, you must first delete the array. Be sure this is what you want to do because the data on the
disk will be lost.
