User manual

Main Menu

The Main Menu in the upper left corner is used to choose the operation to be performed. The selections are:

Create RAID Group

Delete RAID Group

Rebuild RAID 1 Set

Resolve Conflicts

Low Level Format

Logical Drive Info

Create RAID Group is used to create a new legacy RAID Set or for allocating legacy spare drives.

Delete RAID Group is used to delete a legacy RAID Set or to deallocate a legacy spare drive.

Rebuild RAID 1 Set is used to initiate the rebuild of a RAID 1 set after, for example, a drive in the Group has been replaced.

Resolve Conflicts is used to automatically find the member drives of a RAID set which has been disrupted (physical drives

swapped around, for example) and restore the Set to proper operation.

Low Level Format allows a single drive to have its data completely wiped out. Drives assigned to Sets or allocated as spares

cannot be low level formatted.

Logical Drive Info shows the current configuration of each RAID set, allocated spare, and unallocated physical drive attached

to the SATA host adapter.

These operations are detailed in the pages that follow.

Help Window

This window displays context-sensitive help and status messages.

Physical Drive Information

This window displays the model number and capacities of the drives physically attached to the SATA host adapter.

Logical Drive Information

This window displays all logical drives connected to the controller. The upper part lists RAID sets and JBOD drives reported to

the system BIOS. The lower part lists spare drives, reserved drives, conflict drives, and invalid drives not reported to the

system BIOS.

Command Line

The bottom line of the display lists the currently active command keys:

Up and Down arrows select the menu item or action

ESC takes the user to the previous menu

Enter selects the highlighted choice

Ctrl-E exits the utility

Other keys may be active depending upon the currently selected action.