User manual

Contents
1. Introduction .............................................................. 10
1.1 Overview ....................................................................... 10
1.2 Features ........................................................................ 12
2. Hardware Installation ............................................... 16
2.1 Before Your Begin Installation ........................................... 16
2.2 Board Layout .................................................................. 17
2.3 Installation ..................................................................... 23
2.3.1 Hot-plug Drive Replacement ........................................ 41
2.3.2 Recognizing a Drive Failure .......................................... 41
2.3.3 Replacing a Failed Drive .............................................. 41
3. McBIOS RAID Manager .............................................. 44
3.1 Starting the McBIOS RAID Manager ................................... 44
3.2 McBIOS RAID manager .................................................... 45
3.3 Conguring Raid Sets and Volume Sets .............................. 46
3.4 Designating Drives as Hot Spares ...................................... 46
3.5 Using Quick Volume/Raid Setup Conguration ..................... 47
3.6 Using RAID Set/Volume Set Function Method ...................... 48
3.7 Main Menu .................................................................... 50
3.7.1 Quick Volume/RAID Setup ........................................... 51
3.7.2 Raid Set Function ....................................................... 55
3.7.2.1 Create Raid Set .................................................... 55
3.7.2.2 Delete Raid Set ..................................................... 57
3.7.2.3 Expand Raid Set .................................................... 57
• Migrating ...................................................................... 58
3.7.2.4 Activate Incomplete Raid Set ................................... 59
3.7.2.5 Create Hot Spare ................................................... 59
3.7.2.6 Delete Hot Spare ................................................... 60
3.7.2.7 Raid Set Information .............................................. 61
3.7.3 Volume Set Function ................................................... 61
3.7.3.1 Create Volume Set ................................................. 62
• Volume Name ................................................................ 64
• Raid Level ..................................................................... 64
• Capacity ....................................................................... 65
• Stripe Size .................................................................... 66
• SCSI Channel ................................................................ 66
• SCSI ID ........................................................................ 67
• SCSI LUN ...................................................................... 67