DIVAR IP all-in-one 7000 (2U)
System setup | en
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Bosch Security Systems B.V.
Installation manual
2019.08 | V1 | DOC
5.4
Preparing hard drives for video recording
Systems that come pre-equipped with hard drives from factory are ready to record out-of-the-
box.
Hard drives that have been added to an empty system need to be prepared before using them
for video recording.
To prepare the hard drives for video recording, you have to perform following steps:
1.
Configuring hard drives, page 25
2.
Formatting hard drives, page 25
.
5.4.1
Configuring hard drives
To configure hard drives that have been added to an empty system, you have to use the RAID
setup utility.
To configure the hard drive using RAID BIOS:
1.
Install all hard drives.
2.
Turn on the system and press Ctrl+R when
MegaRAID Configuration Utility
is displayed
on the screen. The display appears before Windows starts.
3.
In the
MegaRAID Configuration Utility
program, select
Create Virtual Drive
.
4.
Apply the following settings:
–
RAID Level:
RAID-5
–
Under
Advanced settings
:
Strip Size:
64KB
Write Policy:
Write Back
Note:
All other settings remain unchanged.
5.
Select all hard drives that are part of the RAID group.
6.
Start the virtual drive initialization.
7.
Exit the
MegaRAID Configuration Utility
program.
8.
Perform a complete system recovery (Initial Factory Setup).
See also
–
5.4.2
Formatting hard drives
To format a hard drive you have following options:
–
Performing the initial factory setup: see Recovering the unit.
–
Executing the formatting script.
Executing the formatting script
To execute the formatting script, you have to logon to the administrator account (BVRAdmin).
1.
Boot the system.
2.
On the BVMS default screen, press CTRL+ALT+DEL.
3.
Hold SHIFT, click
Switch User
and keep SHIFT pressed for about five seconds.
4.
Enter administrator user name and password.
5.
On the Desktop, in the
Tools
folder, right-click the
Format_data_hard_drives
script, and
then click
Run as administrator
.
6.
Follow the instructions.
7.
After formatting you can add the storage to the video management configuration.
