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MaxPac Dual/Triple-Screen 8230 XRA2/3-Series User Operation and Maintenance Guide
Figure 2-9
Building a New 3ware RAID 5 Array from Scratch
The discussions in this section assume that you have an existing system disk and – for one reason or
another – have installed three new/empty data disks.
1) Start to power-up the system. When you see the BIOS message
"<Alt-3> to access 3ware BIOS
Manager"
(Figure 2-10) press and hold the <ALT> (alternate) key and – while still holding this key
– press the number "3" key. This will invoke the 3ware BIOS manager; in most cases, you will be
presented with a warning screen as shown in Figure 2-11.
Figure 2-10
Figure 2-11
2) Press any key to continue, which will take you fully into the
3ware BIOS Manager
. Observe that
the
Create Unit
option is selected by default. Use <Alt-A> to select all of the drives; asterisk "*"
characters appear to the left of each drive's port number to indicate that the drive has indeed
been selected (Figure 2-12)
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