BIOS CONFIGURATION
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Step
Action
1
To setup the Hot Spare (option), choose
RAID Set Function
from the
main menu. Select the
Create Hot Spare
and press the
Enter
key to
define the Hot Spare.
2
Choose RAID Set Function from the main menu. Select Create RAID Set
and press the Enter key.
3
The “Select a Drive For Raid Set” window is displayed showing the SATA
drives connected to the SATA RAID controller.
4
Press the
UP
and
DOWN
arrow keys to select specific physical drives.
Press the
Enter
key to associate the selected physical drive with the cur
-
rent RAID Set.
It is recommend that you drives of the same capacity in a specific array.
If you use drives with different capacities in an array, all drives in the
raid set will be set to the capacity of the smallest drive in the raid set.
The numbers of physical drives in a specific array determines which RAID
levels that can be implemented in the array.
RAID 0 requires 1 or more physical drives.
RAID 1 requires at least 2 physical drives.
RAID (1+0) requires at least 4 physical drives.
RAID 3 requires at least 3 physical drives.
RAID 5 requires at least 3 physical drives.
RAID 6 requires at least 4 physical drives.
5
After adding the desired physical drives to the current RAID Set, press
Yes to confirm the “Create Raid Set” function.
6
An “Edit The Raid Set Name” dialog box appears. Enter 1 to 15 alphanu
-
meric characters to define a unique identifier for this new raid set. The
default raid set name will always appear as Raid Set. #. Press Enter to
finish the name editing.
7
Press the
Enter
key when you are finished creating the current RAID
Set. To continue defining another RAID set, repeat step 3. To begin vol
-
ume set configuration, go to step 8.
8
Choose the
Volume Set Function
from the Main menu. Select
Create
Volume Set
and press the
Enter
key.
9
Choose a RAID set from the “Create Volume From Raid Set” window.
Press the Enter key to confirm the selection.
10
Choosing Foreground (Fast Completion) or Background (Instant Avail
-
ability) initiation: during Background Initialization, the initialization
proceeds as a background task and the volume set is fully accessible for
system reads and writes. The operating system can instantly access the
newly created arrays without requiring a reboot and waiting for initializa
-
tion complete. In Fast Initialization, the initialization must be completed
before the volume set is ready for system accesses. In Fast Initialization,
initiation is completed more quickly but volume access by the operating
system is delayed.
11
If space remains in the raid set, the next volume set can be configured.
Repeat steps 8 to 10 to configure another volume set.
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