Installation guide

Software Operation Manual
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The McBIOS RAID manager is firmware-based and is used to configure RAID
sets and volume sets. Because the utility resides in the RAID controller firmware,
operation is independent of any operating systems on your computer. This utility
can be used 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 McBIOS RAID manager
automatically. Using “Quick Volume/Raid Setup” or manually using “Raid
Set/Volume Set Function”. Each configuration method requires a different level
of user input. The general flow of operations for RAID set and volume set
configuration is:
Step Action
1 Designate hot spares/pass-through drives (optional).
2 Choose a configuration method.
3 Create RAID sets using the available physical drives.
4 Define volume sets using the space available in the RAID set.
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Initialize the volume sets and use volume sets (as logical drives) in
the host OS.