Technical Product Specification

IntelP®P RAID Controller RS2PI008 Technical Product Specification Software
Table 9 Intel
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RAID BIOS Console 2 Configuration Utility Options
Option Description
Adapter Properties When you select the Adapter Selection option on the Main screen, the Intel
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RAID BIOS
Console 2 displays a list of the Intel
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RAID adapters in the system. The Adapter Properties
screen allows you to view and configure the software and hardware of the selected adapter.
Scan Devices When you select the Scan Devices option on the Main screen, the Intel
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RAID BIOS
Console 2 checks the physical and virtual drives for any changes in the drive status. The
Intel
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RAID BIOS Console 2 displays the results of the scan in the physical and virtual drive
descriptions.
Virtual Disks The Virtual Disks screen provides options to Fast Initialize or Slow Initialize Virtual Disk,
Check Consistency, Display Virtual Disk properties, and Set Boot Drive using a specified
virtual disk.
Caution: Initializing a virtual drive deletes all information on the physical drives that
compose the virtual drive.
Physical Drives This screen displays the physical drives for each port. From this screen, you can rebuild the
physical arrays or view the properties for the physical drive you select.
Configuration Wizard This option enables you to clear a configuration, create a new configuration, or add a
configuration.
Adapter Selection This option allows you to choose an Intel
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RAID controller installed in the system.
Physical view This option toggles between Physical View and Virtual View.
Events This option displays the events generated by virtual disks, physical devices, enclosures, the
Intel
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RAID Smart Battery, and the SAS controller.
3.2.2 Intel
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RAID Web Console 2
The Intel
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RAID Web Console 2 utility runs within the operating system. It is Java* GUI-based
and enables the user to configure the RAID controller, disk drives, Intel
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RAID Smart Battery,
and other storage related devices connected to the RAID controller or embedded on the server
board.
The utility is used most easily with a mouse, and standard right and left mouse clicks are
functional based on the operating system’s mouse configuration.
The Intel
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RAID Web Console 2 includes a Configuration Wizard that simplifies the process of
creating disk arrays and virtual drives. Within the Configuration Wizard, the user can select from
several options:
 Auto Configuration mode automatically creates the best possible configuration based on
options configurable with the available hardware.
 Guided Configuration mode asks brief questions about the configuration, and then
creates the configuration based on the answers provided.
 Manual Configuration mode provides complete control over all aspects of the storage
configuration.
A Reconstruction Wizard increases or reduces the size of a virtual disk and changes the RAID
level of an array.
The following table briefly describes the available options. For a detailed description of these
functions, see the Intel
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RAID Software User’s Guide (Document number: D29305-0xx).
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