Acer Altos G530 Altos G530 User's Guide - Page 187

Creating a RAID 1 volume, Assigning a hot spare disk, Initializing a RAID volume, Ctrl+M

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177 Creating a RAID 1 volume 1 After rebooting the server, press Ctrl+M to enter the MegaRAID Configuration screen. The Management menu appears. 2 Select Configuration. The Configuration menu appears. 3 Select New Configuration, then select YES. An array selection window displays the devices connected to the current controller. 4 Use the arrow keys to select a specific drive, then press the spacebar to associate the selected drive with the current array. In the menu, the selected drive's indicator will change from READY to ONLINE A[array number]-[drive number]. For example ONLINE A1-2 means disk drive 2 in array 1. 5 Add two drives to the current array, then press Enter. 6 Press F10 to configure the logical drives. The default RAID level for 2 disk drives is RAID 1. 7 Select Accept to use the default setting, then press Enter. 8 Press Enter again to end the array configuration. 9 Select YES to Save Configuration, and press any key to return to the Configuration menu. Assigning a hot spare disk 1 In the Configuration menu, select Add/View Configuration. 2 Use the arrow keys to select a specific drive, then press F4 to set the drive as a hot spare disk. 3 Select YES. In the menu, the selected drive's indicator will change from READY to HOTSP. 4 Press Esc to end the array configuration. 5 Select YES to Save Configuration, then press any key to return to the Configuration menu. Initializing a RAID volume 1 Press Esc to return to the Management menu. 2 Select Initialize. All logical drives will appear under Logical Drives. 3 Using the spacebar, select the drive that you want to initialize. The selected drive becomes yellow. 4 Press F10, then select YES to start initialization.

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177
Creating a RAID 1 volume
1
After rebooting the server, press
Ctrl+M
to enter the MegaRAID
Configuration screen. The Management menu appears.
2
Select
Configuration
. The Configuration menu appears.
3
Select
New Configuration
, then select
YES
. An array selection
window displays the devices connected to the current controller.
4
Use the arrow keys to select a specific drive, then press the
spacebar to associate the selected drive with the current array.
In the menu, the selected drive’s indicator will change from
READY
to
ONLINE A
[array number]-[drive number].
For example ONLINE A1-2 means disk drive 2 in array 1.
5
Add two drives to the current array, then press
Enter
.
6
Press
F10
to configure the logical drives. The default RAID level for
2 disk drives is RAID 1.
7
Select
Accept
to use the default setting, then press
Enter
.
8
Press
Enter
again to end the array configuration.
9
Select
YES to Save Configuration
, and press any key to return to
the Configuration menu.
Assigning a hot spare disk
1
In the Configuration menu, select
Add/View Configuration
.
2
Use the arrow keys to select a specific drive, then press
F4
to set
the drive as a hot spare disk.
3
Select
YES
. In the menu, the selected drive’s indicator will change
from
READY
to
HOTSP
.
4
Press
Esc
to end the array configuration.
5
Select
YES to Save Configuration
, then press any key to return
to the Configuration menu.
Initializing a RAID volume
1
Press
Esc
to return to the Management menu.
2
Select
Initialize
. All logical drives will appear under Logical Drives.
3
Using the spacebar, select the drive that you want to initialize. The
selected drive becomes yellow.
4
Press
F10
, then select
YES
to start initialization.