3Ware 9500S-4LP Installation Guide - Page 45

Working in the 3BM Screens

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Working with the 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) Working in the 3BM Screens Figure 9. 3BM Configuration Utility Main Display The main 3BM screen shows a list of available drives. After you have configured one or more drives, it also lists the existing configuration. „ Available Drives lists the drives that are available to create units and hot spares. „ Exportable Units lists any existing units along with the drives contained in the units. „ Incomplete Drives and Others. If you connected drives to the controller that were previously used on a 7000/8000-series 3ware RAID controller, they may appear in a section titled Incomplete Drives and Others. Before you can use these drives, they must be deleted. For more information, see the discussion of Deleting Units in 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide. www.3ware.com 37

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Working with the 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM)
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Working in the 3BM Screens
Figure 9. 3BM Configuration Utility Main Display
The main
3BM
screen shows a list of available drives. After you
have configured one or more drives, it also lists the existing
configuration.
Available Drives
lists the drives that are available to create
units and hot spares.
Exportable Units
lists any existing units along with the drives
contained in the units.
Incomplete Drives and Others.
If you connected drives to the
controller that were previously used on a 7000/8000-series
3ware RAID controller, they may appear in a section titled
Incomplete Drives and Others. Before you can use these drives,
they must be deleted. For more information, see the discussion
of Deleting Units in
3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID
Controller User Guide
.