Installation guide

Chapter 2. Configuration Methods
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After the hardware installation, the SAS/SATA disk drives installed to the RAID
subsystem must be configured and the volume set units initialized before they
are ready to use. This can be accomplished by one of the following methods:
• Front panel touch-control keypad
• McBIOS RAID manager via BIOS (for PCI-e RAID only)
• Remote utility connected through the controller’s serial port (VT-100 or
Hyper terminal)
• Using HTTP Proxy through the controller’s serial port to access web
browser-based RAID manager in Windows and Linux system.
• Firmware-embedded TCP/IP & web browser-based RAID manager via the
controller’s 10/100 Ethernet LAN port.
Those user interfaces can access the built-in configuration and administration
utility that resides in the controller’s firmware. They provide complete control
and management of the controller and disk arrays, eliminating the need for
additional hardware or software.
Note
The RAID subsystem allows only one method to access menus at a
time.