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Creating a JBOD Configuration
The BIOS RAID utility does not report non-RAID drives to the system BIOS. If a non-RAID boot drive or data
drive is desired, create a JBOD
so the BIOS RAID utility will report the drive to the system BIOS.
1. Select Create RAID set from the Main Menu section of the RAID Configuration Utility screen.
2. Select JBOD and press Enter.
3. Select JBOD drive from the Physical Drive list and press Enter.
4. Select the size of the JBOD drive with the ↑ and ↓ keys and press Enter.
5. When the Are You Sure? confirmation prompt appears, respond Y to complete the JBOD
configuration.
Creating a Spare Drive for a RAID1 Group
If a RAID 1 set exists, you can create a spare drive for the set. The spare drive can then be allocated to the
RAID 1 set if a drive in the RAID 1 set fails.
1. Select Create RAID set from the Main Menu section of the RAID Configuration Utility screen.
2. Select Spare Drive and press Enter.
3. Select a spare drive from the Physical Drive list and press Enter.
4. Select the size of the spare drive with the ↑ and ↓ keys and press Enter.
5. When the Are You Sure? confirmation prompt appears, respond Y to complete the spare drive
creation.