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Contents
Chapter 6: RAID Configuration
6.1 Setting up RAID ..........................................................................................6-2
6.1.1 RAID denitions .......................................................................... 6-2
6.1.2 Installing hard disk drives ............................................................ 6-3
6.1.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS .................................................... 6-3
6.1.4 RAID conguration utilities .......................................................... 6-3
6.2 LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility ................................................. 6-4
6.2.1 Creating a RAID set .................................................................... 6-5
6.2.2 Adding or viewing a RAID conguration.................................... 6-11
6.2.3 Initializing the virtual drives ....................................................... 6-12
6.2.4 Rebuilding failed drives ............................................................. 6-16
6.2.5 Checking the drives for data consistency.................................. 6-18
6.2.6 Deleting a RAID conguration ................................................... 6-21
6.2.7 Selecting the boot drive from a RAID set .................................. 6-22
6.2.8 Enabling WriteCache ................................................................ 6-23
6.3 Intel
®
Rapid Storage Technology enterprise SCU/SATA Option
ROM Utility ................................................................................................6-24
6.3.1 Creating a RAID set .................................................................. 6-26
6.3.2 Creating a Recovery set............................................................ 6-27
6.3.3 Deleting a RAID set...................................................................6-29
6.3.4 Resetting disks to Non-RAID .................................................... 6-30
6.3.5 Exiting the Intel
®
Rapid Storage Technology enterprise
SATA Option ROM utility........................................................... 6-31
6.3.6 Rebuilding the RAID..................................................................6-31
6.3.7 Setting the Boot array in the BIOS Setup Utility ........................ 6-33
6.4 Intel
®
Rapid Storage Technology enterprise (Windows) ......................6-34
6.4.1 Creating a RAID set .................................................................. 6-35
6.4.2 Changing a Volume Type..........................................................6-37
6.4.3 Deleting a volume ..................................................................... 6-38
6.4.4 Preferences ............................................................................... 6-39