Installation guide

Chapter 5. McBIOS & Terminal Configuration
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The RAID subsystem configuration utility is firmware-based and uses to
configure RAID sets and volume sets. Because the utility resides in the RAID
controller firmware, its operation is independent of the operating systems on
your computer. Use this utility to:
· Create RAID set,
. Expand RAID set,
· Define volume set,
· Add physical drive,
· Modify volume set,
· Modify RAID level/stripe size,
. Define pass-through disk drives,
. Update firmware,
. Modify system function, and
· Designate drives as hot spares.
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You can configure RAID sets and volume sets with VT-100 terminal function
using Quick Volume/Raid Setup automatically, or Raid Set/Volume Set Function
manually configuration method. Each configuration method requires a different
level of user input. The general flow of operations for RAID set and volume set
configuration is:
Step 1
Designate hot
spares/pass-throu
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Step 2
Choose a
configuration
method.
Step 3
Create RAID set
using the
available
physical drives.
Step 4
Define volume
set using the
space in the
RAID set.
Step 5
Initialize the
volume set and
use volume set
in the HOST
OS.