User Guide

AMD-RAIDXpert2 User Guide
53987 Rev. 3.01 June 2016
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Contents
3.13.1 Number and Organization of Disks ......................................................................... 32
3.13.2 Caching Attributes ................................................................................................... 32
3.13.3 Application Workload ............................................................................................. 33
3.14 RAID Reliability Considerations .................................................................................... 33
3.14.1 Data Redundancy .................................................................................................... 33
3.14.2 Backup ..................................................................................................................... 33
3.15 Flexibility and Expansion Considerations ....................................................................... 33
3.16 Multiple RAID Levels ..................................................................................................... 33
3.17 RAIDABLE Arrays ......................................................................................................... 33
Chapter 4 BIOS Configuration Utility .................................................................................. 34
4.1 When to Use the AMD-RAID Controller BIOS Configuration Utility .......................... 34
4.2 Access the AMD-RAID Controller BIOS Configuration Utility .................................... 35
4.3 Understanding the Color Code in the BIOS Configuration Utility ................................. 35
4.4 Initialize Disks ................................................................................................................ 35
4.4.1 Initialize Disks ......................................................................................................... 36
4.5 Create Arrays................................................................................................................... 36
4.5.1 Before You Begin .................................................................................................... 36
4.5.2 Create an Array ....................................................................................................... 37
4.6 Delete Arrays................................................................................................................... 38
4.6.1 Delete an Array ....................................................................................................... 38
4.7 Swap Arrays .................................................................................................................... 38
4.7.1 Before You Begin .................................................................................................... 38
4.7.2 Swap Arrays ............................................................................................................ 39
4.8 Manage Spares ................................................................................................................ 39
4.8.1 Assign Global Spares .............................................................................................. 39
4.8.2 Assign Dedicated Spares ......................................................................................... 39
4.8.3 Unassign Spares ...................................................................................................... 40
4.9 View Disk Details ........................................................................................................... 40
4.10 View Array Details.......................................................................................................... 40
4.11 Rescan All Channels ....................................................................................................... 41
4.12 Change the Controller Options ........................................................................................ 41
4.12.1 Booting the System from an Array ......................................................................... 41