Adaptec 1210SA User Guide - Page 24

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Installing the Driver 8 Select the drives for the new array and press Insert. Note: If your drives are shown in gray and cannot be used, they probably need to be initialized. See Initializing Disk Drives on page A-6 for details. 9 Press Enter when both drives for the new array are selected. The Array Properties menu is displayed. 10 In the Array Properties menu, select an array type and press Enter. The available selections are RAID 0 and RAID 1. Each of these array types requires two drives. (For a description of these array types, see Appendix B.) Note: Once the array is created and its properties are assigned, you cannot change the array properties using the ACU. Instead, use Adaptec Storage Manager - Browser Edition. 11 Optional-Type in a label for the array and press Enter. 12 RAID 0 only-Select the desired stripe size. Available stripe sizes are 16, 32, and 64 KB (default). Note: Adaptec recommends that you do not change the default. 13 Select between the different creation methods for RAID 0 or RAID 1. (For more details about the creation methods, see Appendix A.) RAID 0-Select No Init (default), or Migrate RAID 1-Select Build (default), Clear, or Quick Init 14 When the array is finished building, insert the Windows setup CD. Then, restart the system. 3-3

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3-3
Installing the Driver
8
Select the drives for the new array and press
Insert
.
Note:
If your drives are shown in gray and cannot be used,
they probably need to be initialized. See
Initializing Disk
Drives
on page A-6
for details.
9
Press
Enter
when both drives for the new array are selected.
The
Array Properties
menu is displayed.
10
In the
Array Properties
menu, select an array type and press
Enter
. The available selections are RAID 0 and RAID 1. Each of
these array types requires two drives. (For a description of these
array types, see
Appendix B
.)
Note:
Once the array is created and its properties are
assigned, you cannot change the array properties using
the ACU. Instead, use Adaptec Storage Manager - Browser
Edition.
11
Optional
Type in a label for the array and press
Enter
.
12
RAID 0 only
Select the desired stripe size. Available stripe
sizes are 16, 32, and 64 KB (default).
Note:
Adaptec recommends that you
do not
change the
default.
13
Select between the different creation methods for RAID 0 or
RAID 1. (For more details about the creation methods, see
Appendix A
.)
RAID 0
Select
No Init
(
default
), or
Migrate
RAID 1
Select
Build
(
default
),
Clear
, or
Quick Init
14
When the array is finished building, insert the Windows setup
CD. Then, restart the system.