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Select Adapter Menu ............................................................................................ 56
Disable BIOS Menu ............................................................................................. 56
Configuring Arrays and Logical Drives.............................................................................. 56
Choosing a Configuration Method........................................................................ 57
Designating Drives as Hotspares .......................................................................... 58
Using Easy Configuration .................................................................................... 59
Using New Configuration..................................................................................... 62
Using View/Add/Delete Configuration ................................................................. 66
Initializing Logical Drives.................................................................................... 69
Formatting Physical Drives .................................................................................. 71
Rebuilding Critical Logical Drives..................................................................................... 72
Using a Pre-loaded SCSI Drive “As-is”.............................................................................. 74
Saving and Restoring a Configuration ................................................................................ 75
Save Configuration to Diskette ............................................................................. 75
Restore Configuration to MegaRAID Controller................................................... 75
6 Using the Power Console GUI....................................................................................... 77
Identifying Controller Assignments ................................................................................... 77
Fixed Hard Disk Drive ......................................................................................... 77
InterServe 615, 625, 635, 645 Systems ................................................................. 79
InterServe 8400 and 8000 Systems....................................................................... 80
Starting Power Console...................................................................................................... 81
Identifying Power Console Options.................................................................................... 82
Configuration Icons.............................................................................................. 82
Drag and Drop Icons ............................................................................................ 83
Logical Drives Icons and Logical Drive x Menu ................................................... 84
Channels Icons and Channel x Menu ................................................................... 86
Performing Power Console Tasks....................................................................................... 86
Viewing Information ............................................................................................ 87
Selecting Adapter_x ............................................................................................. 88
Creating an Array ................................................................................................ 88
Changing RAID Level.......................................................................................... 91
Configuring a Hotspare ........................................................................................ 94
Rebuilding a Drive ............................................................................................... 95
Removing a Drive ................................................................................................ 96
Selecting Change Policy....................................................................................... 97
Securing Power Console .................................................................................................... 97
7 Using the Power Console Menus................................................................................... 99
Adapter Menu...................................................................................................................100
Configuration ......................................................................................................101
Flush Cache ........................................................................................................103
View Log ............................................................................................................103
Diagnostics .........................................................................................................103
Firmware Download............................................................................................103
Enclosure Management .......................................................................................103
