3Ware 9500S-4LP Installation Guide - Page 35

Configuring Units

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Configuring Units After you have physically installed your 3ware RAID controller and connected it to your disk drives, you configure how the drives connected to the controller will be used in RAID arrays. This section includes the following topics: „ "Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels" on page 28 „ "Determining What RAID Level to Use" on page 31 „ "Working with the 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM)" on page 34 „ "Specifying the Unit Configuration" on page 40 „ "Initializing Units" on page 49 „ "Checking the Motherboard Boot Sequence" on page 51 „ "Installing Drivers and Making the Units Available For Use" on page 52 If you already know the RAID configuration you want, turn to "Specifying the Unit Configuration" on page 40. www.3ware.com 27

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Configuring Units
After you have physically installed your 3ware RAID controller
and connected it to your disk drives, you configure how the drives
connected to the controller will be used in RAID arrays.
This section includes the following topics:
“Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels” on page 28
“Determining What RAID Level to Use” on page 31
“Working with the 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM)” on page 34
“Specifying the Unit Configuration” on page 40
“Initializing Units” on page 49
“Checking the Motherboard Boot Sequence” on page 51
“Installing Drivers and Making the Units Available For Use” on
page 52
If you already know the RAID configuration you want, turn to
“Specifying the Unit Configuration” on page 40.