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B.
RAID CONFIGURATION
The Disk Array Configuration Utility allows you to create disk arrays by combining
disks, deleting disks or breaking disk arrays back into their member disks. You
can also specify an available drive as a hot spare. If an array becomes degraded,
the hot
spare will automatically be substituted for the faulted drive.
Invoking the BIOS tool
Power up or reboot your system. Before the boot phase, wait until you see a
screen similar to Figure A.
Figure A. BIOS Tool
Press
Alt-3
immediately to bring up the
Disk Array Configuration
display.
Exiting the BIOS tool
To save your configuration modifications hit the
F8
key. After you have hit the
F8
key to commit your changes, a list of affected drives will be displayed and you will
be asked to confirm your configuration.
The booting process will resume. To exit the Disk Array Configuration Utility
without saving your changes hit
Esc
.
