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Adaptec Serial ATA II RAID 1420SA Quick Installation Guide
Creating a RAID Array
To install an operating system on a drive or an array connected to
your controller, read this section. Otherwise, skip to
Driver in a New Windows System
or
1
Turn on the computer, then press
Ctrl+A
when prompted to enter
the ARC utility. You will use ARC to create the RAID array and
logical drive that you will use to install your operating system.
2
From the ARC menu, select
Array Configuration Utility
(ACU).
3
From the ACU menu, select
Create Array
.
4
Select the drives for the new array and press
Insert
.
Note:
If your drives are shown in gray and cannot be used,
they probably need to be initialized. See the
Adaptec Serial
ATA RAID 1420SA Installation and User’s Guide
for details.
5
Press
Enter
when both drives for the new array are selected.
The
Array Properties
menu displays.
6
In the
Array Properties
menu, select an array type and press
Enter
.
The available selections are RAID 0 and RAID 1. Each of these
array types requires two drives. (For a description of these array
types, see the
Adaptec Serial ATA RAID 1420SA Installation and
User’s Guide
.)
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.
7
Optional
—Type in a label for the array and press
Enter
.
8
RAID 0 only
—Select the desired stripe size. Available stripe
sizes are 16, 32, and 64 KB (default).
Note:
Adaptec recommends that you
do not
change the
default.
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