Chapter 6: Creating a Bootable Array
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Creating an Array with the ACU
The ACU is menu-based and instructions for completing tasks appear
on-screen. Menus can be navigated using the arrows, Enter, Esc, and
other keys on your keyboard.
To create a RAID 5 array:
1
Power on your computer. When prompted, press
Ctrl+A
to enter
the Adaptec RAID Controller utility.
2
If you have more than one controller in your computer, select your
controller, then press
Enter
.
3
Select
Array Configuration Utility
, then press
Enter
.
4
Select
Initialize Drives
, then press
Enter
.
5
Select at least three disk drives for the array, press
Insert
for each
selected disk drive, then press
Enter
.
Caution:
During initialization, all data is deleted from the disk.
Before continuing, back up any data you want to keep.
6
Press
Y
, then press
Enter
.
The selected disk drives are initialized, then the Adaptec
Configuration Utility screen appears.
7
Select
Create Array
, then press
Enter
.
8
Select the disk drives that were just initialized, press
Insert
for each
selected disk drive, then press
Enter
.
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