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MS-9185 Server Board
Using the ACU
W ith ACU, you can perform these tasks:
Creating Arrays
Managing Arrays
Adding/Deleting Hotspares
Configuring Disk Drives
Rebuilding Arrays
Verifying Drives
Creating Arrays
Before creating arrays, make sure the disks for the array are connected and installed
in your system. Note that disks with no usable space are shown in gray and cannot
be used. See
Configuring Disk Drives
.
To create an array:
1. Turn on your computer and press
Ctrl+A
when prompted to access the ARC
utility.
2. From the ARC menu, select
Array Configuration Utility (ACU)
.
3. From the ACU Main menu, select
Create Array
.
4. Select the disks for the new array, then press
Insert
. To deselect any disk,
highlight the disk, then press
Delete
.
5. Press
Enter
when both disks for the new array are selected. The Array
Properties menu displays.
Assigning Array Properties
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Note:
Once the array is created and its properties are assigned, you cannot
change the array properties using the ACU. Instead, use Adaptec Storage
Manager.
To assign properties to the new array:
1. In the Array Properties menu, select an array type, then press
Enter
.
Only the available array types, RAID 0 and RAID 1 are displayed. RAID 0 and
RAID 1 requires a minimum of two drives.
2. Type in an
optional
label of no more than 15 characters for the array, then
press
Enter
.
3. For RAID 0, select the desired stripe size. Available stripe sizes are 16, 32, and
64 KB (default).
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Note:
Adaptec recommends that you
do not
change the default.
4. The options under
Create RAID via
allows you to select between the different
creation methods for RAID 0, and RAID 1. The following table gives examples
of when each is appropriate.
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