18
RM16_EX8
User
Guide
v1.0
‐
DATOptic.com
RaidSet Functions
Use the “Raid Set Functions” and “Volume Set Functions” if you prefer to customize your
system. Manual configuration can provide full control of the RAID set settings, but it will
take longer to complete than the “Quick Volume/Raid Setup” configuration. Select the
“Raid Set Functions” to manually configure the RAID set for the first time or delete and
reconfigure existing RAID sets. (A RAID set is a group of disks containing one or more
volume sets.)
1. Create Raid Set
To create a RAID set, click on the “Create Raid Set” link. A “Select The Drive For RAID Set”
screen will be displayed showing the drive(s) connected to the current controller. Click on
the selected physical drives within the current RAID set. The default RAID set name will
always appear as “Raid Set. #”.
Click the “Confirm The Operation” check box and click on the “Submit” button on the
screen; the RAID set will start to initialize.
2. Delete Raid Set
To delete a RAID set, click on the “Deleted Raid Set” link. The “Select The Raid Set To
Delete” screen is displayed showing all existing RAID sets in the current controller. Click the
RAID set number you which to delete in the select column on the delete screen. Click the
“Confirm The Operation” check box and click on the “Submit” button in the screen to delete
it.
3. Expand Raid Set
Instead of deleting a RAID set and recreating it with additional disk drives, the “Expand Raid
Set” function allows the users to add disk drives to the RAID set that have already been
created.
To expand a RAID set:
Select the “Expand Raid Set” option. If there is an available disk, then the “Select SATA
Drives For Raid Set Expansion” screen appears. Select the target RAID set by clicking on the
appropriate radio button. Select the target disk by clicking on the appropriate check box.
Press the
Yes
key to start the expansion on the RAID set.
The new additional capacity can be utilized by one or more volume sets. The volume sets
associated with this RAID set appear for you to have chance to modify RAID level or stripe
size. Follow the instruction presented in the “Modify Volume Set ” to modify the volume
sets; operation system specific utilities may be required to expand operating system
partitions.
4. Activate Incomplete Raid Set
If one of the disk drives is removed in power off state, the RAID set state will change to
“Incomplete State”. If the user wants to continue to use the SATA RAID controller, the user
can use the “Activate Raid Set” option to active the RAID set. After the user completes this
function, the RAID set state will change to “Degraded Mode”.
