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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 Enter key to set
the Hot Spare.
2 Choose Raid Set Function from the main menu. Select the Create Raid
Set and press Enter key.
3 Select a Drive For Raid Set window is displayed showing the IDE drive
connected to the current controller.
4 Press UP and DOWN arrow keys to select specific physical drives. Press
the Enter key to associate the selected physical drive with the current
raid set.
Recommend use drives has same capacity in a specific raid set. If you
use drives with different capacities in an array, all drives in the raid set
will select the lowest capacity of the drive in the raid set.
The numbers of physical drives in a specific raid set determine the RAID
levels that can be implemented with the raid set.
RAID 0 requires 1 or more physical drives per raid set.
RAID 1 requires at least 2 physical drives per raid set.
RAID 3 requires at least 3 physical drives per raid set.
RAID 5 requires at least 3 physical drives per raid set.
RAID 6 requires at least 4 physical drives per raid set.
5 After adding physical drives to the current raid set as desired, 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 a raid set. The default
raid set name will always appear as Raid Set. #. Press Enter to finish the
name editing.
7 Press Enter key when you are finished creating the current raid set. To
continue defining another raid set, repeat step 3. To begin volume set
configuration, go to step 8.
8 Choose Volume Set Function from the Main menu. Select the Create
Volume Set and press Enter key.
9 Choose one raid set from the Create Volume From Raid Set window.
Press Enter key to confirm it.
10 Foreground (Fast Completion) Press Enter key to define fast initialization
or Selected the Background (Instant Available). In the background Ini-
tialization, the initialization proceeds as a background task, the volume
set is fully accessible for system reads and writes. The operating system
can instantly access to the newly created arrays without requiring a
reboot and waiting the initialization complete. In Fast Initialization, the
initialization proceeds must be completed before the volume set ready
for system accesses.
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.