Computer Hardware User Manual

Attention:IfyouselectClearCongurationorNewConguration,allexistingdataintheconguration
isdeleted.Makeabackupcopyofanydatathatyouwanttokeepbeforeselectingtheseoptions.
ClearCongurationClearstheexistingconguration.
NewCongurationClearstheexistingcongurationandletsyou
createanewconguration.
AddConguration
Retainstheexistingstoragecongurationand
addsnewdrivestoit(thisdoesnotcauseany
dataloss).
3.ClickNext.
4.Selectacongurationmodefromthefollowingoptions:
CustomConguration
Inthismode,youcancontrolallattributesofthe
newstorageconguration.
AutoCongurationandRedundancy
Thismodeautomaticallycreatesanoptimal
RAID1orRAID5conguration,providingdata
redundancy.
AutoCongurationwithoutRedundancy
Thismodeautomaticallycreatesanon-redundant
RAID0conguration.
5.ClickNexttocontinue.
Viewingandchangingproperties
YoucanviewinformationforoneLSISASatatime.IfyoursystemhasmultipleLSISASadapters,youcan
viewinformationforadifferentadapter,clickAdapterSelectiononthemainview.Toviewthepropertiesfor
thecurrentlyselectedadapter,clickAdapterPropertiesonthemainWebBIOSscreen.
Viewingandchangingvirtualdiskproperties
OntheWebBIOSmainscreen,selectavirtualdiskfromthelistandclickVirtualDisk.
ThePropertiespaneldisplaystheRAIDlevel,state,size,andstripesize.
ThePoliciespanelliststhevirtualdiskpoliciesthatweredenedwhenthestoragecongurationwas
created.Tochangeanyofthesepolicies,selectapolicyfromthemenuandclickChange.TheOperations
panellistsoperationsthatcanbeperformedonthevirtualdisk.SelecttheoperationandclickGo.Then
choosefromthefollowingoperations:
•SelectDeltodeletethisvirtualdisk.
•SelectLocateandtheLEDsashonthephysicaldrivesusedbythisvirtualdisk.
•SelectFastorSlowtoinitializethisvirtualdisk.
Attention:Beforeyourunaninitialization,backupanydataonthevirtualdiskthatyouwanttosave.All
dataonthevirtualdiskislostwhenyouinitializeit.
UsingtheEasyStartupDVD
TheEasyStartupDVDsimpliestheprocessofconguringyourRAIDcontrollersandinstallinganoperating
system.TheprogramworksinconjunctionwithyourWindowsorLinuxoperating-systeminstallationdiscto
automatetheprocessofinstallingtheoperatingsystemandassociateddevicedrivers.
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