3Ware 9550SXU-8LP User Guide - Page 30
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Chapter 3. First-Time RAID Configuration Using 3BM To launch 3BM 1 Power up or reboot your system. While the system is starting, watch for a screen similar to Figure 5. ----Press to access 3ware BIOS Manager ---3ware ATA RAID Controller: 9590SE-12 BIOS: BE9X X.XX.XX.XXX Firmware: FE9X X.XX.XX.XXX BBU Status: Not Present Number of online units: 1, available drives: 0, hot spare: 0, offline units:0 Exportable Units: 3drive 64K RAID5 Port0 Maxtor Port1 Maxtor Port2 Maxtor 558.77GB (PrimaryRAID5) 7B300S0 7B300S0 7B300S0 279.48 GB 279.48 GB 279.48 GB Figure 5. 3ware BIOS Screen 2 Press Alt-3 immediately to bring up the 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM). Normally your 3ware configuration remains on-screen for just a few seconds. However, if a unit has degraded, the screen indicates the problem and remains on your screen longer. 3 If you have more than one 9000-series controller in your system, a screen lists the available boards. (See Figure 6.) In this case, highlight the board with which you want to work and press Enter. Figure 6. 3ware Controller Board Selection Screen You see a screen similar to Figure 7, warning you that changing your disk array configuration may overwrite data on the disks. 20 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide