User`s guide

Chapter 6: Creating a Bootable Array ● 45
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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