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Exiting the 3ware BIOS tool, Determining your configuration, Alt-3, 3ware Disk Array Configuration

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Exiting the 3ware BIOS tool Figure 9. 3ware BIOS Tool Press Alt-3 immediately to bring up the 3ware Disk Array Configuration display. Note: If drives are attached and you do not want to install the 3ware BIOS, press Alt-b to bypass the BIOS installation. This is useful when booting temporarily from another device. Exiting the 3ware BIOS tool To save your configuration modifications press the F8 key. After you have pressed the F8 key to commit your changes, a list of affected drives will be displayed and you will be asked to confirm your configuration. The booting process will resume. To exit the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility without saving your changes press Esc. Determining your configuration Caution: Configuring a disk array or hot spare writes format-type data onto its member disks and overwrites all the files on those disks. Be sure to back up data that requires retention. ■ All supported RAID levels (0,1,5,10) can be created based on the number of drives that the ATA RAID Controller supports. ■ Multiple arrays of supported RAID levels can be implemented on a single controller based on the number of drives that the ATA RAID Controller supports. www.3ware.com 29

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Exiting the 3ware BIOS tool
www.3ware.com
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Figure 9.
3ware BIOS Tool
Press
Alt-3
immediately
to bring up the
3ware Disk Array Configuration
display.
Note:
If drives are attached and you do not want to install the
3ware BIOS, press
Alt-b
to bypass the BIOS installation. This is
useful when booting temporarily from another device.
Exiting the 3ware BIOS tool
To save your configuration modifications press the
F8
key. After you have
pressed the
F8
key to commit your changes, a list of affected drives will be
displayed and you will be asked to confirm your configuration. The booting
process will resume.
To exit the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility without
saving your
changes press
Esc
.
Determining your configuration
Caution:
Configuring a disk array or hot spare writes format-type data onto
its member disks and overwrites all the files on those disks. Be sure
to back up data that requires retention.
■
All supported RAID levels (0,1,5,10) can be created based on the number
of drives that the ATA RAID Controller supports.
■
Multiple arrays of supported RAID levels can be implemented on a single
controller based on the number of drives that the ATA RAID Controller
supports.