User`s guide

Document Number: MAN-000SR5-000 Revision 1.40
The RAID Configuration Utility screen is divided into four main sections and a command line.
• The Main Menu section in the upper left lists actions to be performed. Select:
• Create RAID Group to create a new legacy RAID Set or allocate legacy spare drives.
• Delete RAID Group to delete a legacy RAID Set or de-allocate a legacy spare drive.
• Rebuild RAID 1 Set to initiate the rebuild of a RAID 1 set after replacing a drive in the
Group.
• Resolve Conflicts to find the member drives of a disrupted RAID set and restore the Set to
proper operation. Do this after moving physical drives.
• Low Level Format to wipe the data from a single drive. Do not format drives assigned to Sets
or allocated as spares.
• Logical Drive Info to show the current configuration of each RAID set, allocated spare, and
unallocated physical drive attached to the SATA host adapter.
• The Help section in the upper right displays context-sensitive help and status messages.
• The Physical Drive section in the lower left displays the model number and capacities of the
drives physically attached to the SATA host adapter.
• The Logical Drive section in the lower right displays all logical drives connected to the
controller.
• RAID sets and JBOD drives reported to the system BIOS are listed at the top of this section.
• Spare drives, reserved drives, conflict drives, and invalid drives not reported to the system
BIOS are listed at the bottom of this section.
• The Command Line at the bottom of the screen lists the currently active command keys. Use:
• Up and Down arrows to select a menu option or action.
• ESC to go to the previous menu.
• Enter to select the highlighted choice.
• Ctrl-E to exit the utility.
Other keys may be active depending upon the currently selected action.
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