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3-8 Forcing Drives Online or Offline ........................................................................ 3-15
3-9 Configuring a Bootable Logical Drive ................................................................ 3-16
3-10 Deleting a Logical Drive ................................................................................... 3-16
3-11 Clearing a Storage Configuration ..................................................................... 3-16
Chapter 4 MegaRAID Storage Manager SoftwareOverview and
Installation
4-1 Overview .............................................................................................................. 4-1
Creating Storage Configurations ..................................................................... 4-1
Monitoring Storage Devices ............................................................................ 4-2
Maintaining Storage Configurations ................................................................ 4-2
4-2 Hardware and Software Requirements ................................................................ 4-2
4-3 Installation ............................................................................................................ 4-3
Installing MegaRAID Storage Manager Software for Linux ............................ 4-6
Linux Error Messages ..................................................................................... 4-7
Chapter 5 MegaRAID Storage Manager Window and Menus
5-1 Starting MegaRAID Storage Manager Software .................................................. 5-1
5-2 MegaRAID Storage Manager Window ................................................................. 5-4
Physical/Logical View Panel ........................................................................... 5-5
Properties/Operations/Graphical View Panel .................................................. 5-6
Event Log Panel .............................................................................................. 5-6
Menu Bar ......................................................................................................... 5-7
File Menu .................................................................................................... 5-7
Operations Menu ........................................................................................ 5-7
Group Operations Menu ............................................................................. 5-7
Log Menu ................................................................................................... 5-8
Help Menu .................................................................................................. 5-8
Chapter 6 Configuration
6-1 Creating a New Storage Configuration ................................................................ 6-1
Understanding Virtual Disk Parameters .......................................................... 6-3
Using Auto Configuration ................................................................................ 6-4
Using Guided Configuration ............................................................................ 6-5
Using Manual Configuration: RAID 0 .............................................................. 6-8
Using Manual Configuration: RAID 1 ............................................................ 6-10
Using Manual Configuration: RAID 10 .......................................................... 6-12
6-2 Adding Hotspare Disks ...................................................................................... 6-13
6-3 Changing Adjustable Task Rates ....................................................................... 6-14
6-4 Changing Virtual Disk Properties ....................................................................... 6-15
6-5 Deleting a Virtual Disk ....................................................................................... 6-15
