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2. Select YES in the confirmation window to proceed. Select NO to return to the Main
Menu.
After selecting YES, the RAID controller examines the total capacity of each drive
connected to the controller. If all the drives are the same, this message displays:
Do you want to have Write Caching enabled?
3. Selecting YES sets the write policy to Write-back. Selecting NO sets the write policy to
Write-through. Write-through caching is required when re-installing the operating
system (the installation will fail if set to Write-back). After an installation, you can reset
it to Write-back.
CAUTION
Write-through caching reduces the risk of data loss in the event of a power failure. Write-
back caching improves performance, but the drawback is potential data loss during a power
failure. Without a UPS, a power failure can corrupt a disk drive resulting in lost data.
After the system saves the configuration, a display similar to the following appears. The
display describes the configuration created.
MYLEX Disk Array Controller-Configuration Utility Version X.XX X/XX/XX
2 Channel - 7 Target DAC960P #1 Firmware version x.xx
Automatic Configuration successfully done.
Make sure to INITIALIZE System drive#0 before exiting this utility!
Number of System Drives
= 1
RAID Level
= 5
Write Cache
= Disabled
Number of Physical Drives
= 3
Available Capacity
= 2026 MB
Automatic Configuration
Press any key to return to Main Menu
4. Press any key to return to the DACCF Main Menu.
5. From the DACCF Main Menu, select Tools. Back up and print the configuration file
using the Backup/Restore Conf and the Print Configuration options of the Tools menu.
Refer to “07. Tools” in this chapter for details.
6. From the DACCF Main Menu, select Initialize System Drive to initialize the system
disk drive that does not contain the operating system. Refer to "05. Initialize System
Drive" in this chapter for details.
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