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Creating Arrays, Assigning Array Properties, Ctrl+A, Array Configuration Utility, Insert, Delete

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BIOS Utilities Creating Arrays Before creating arrays, make sure the disks for the array are connected and installed in your system. Note that disks with no usable space, or disks that are uninitialized are shown in gray and cannot be used. See Initializing Disk Drives on page A-6. To create an array: 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl+A when prompted to access the ARC utility. 2 From the ARC menu, select Array Configuration Utility (ACU). 3 From the ACU menu, select Create Array. 4 Select the disks for the new array and press Insert. To deselect any disk, highlight the disk and press Delete. 5 Press Enter when both disks for the new array are selected. The Array Properties menu displays. Assigning Array Properties 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. (See Chapter 5 for details.) To assign properties to the new array: 1 In the Array Properties menu, select an array type and press Enter. Note that only the available array types, RAID 0 and RAID 1, are displayed. Each of these types requires two drives. (For a description of the supported array types, see Appendix B.) 2 Type in an optional label for the array and press Enter. 3 For RAID 0, 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. A-4

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BIOS Utilities
Creating Arrays
Before creating arrays, make sure the disks for the array are
connected and installed in your system. Note that disks with no
usable space, or disks that are uninitialized are shown in gray and
cannot be used. See
Initializing Disk Drives
on page A-6
.
To create an array:
1
Turn on your computer and press
Ctrl+A
when prompted to
access the ARC utility.
2
From the ARC menu, select
Array Configuration Utility
(ACU).
3
From the ACU menu, select
Create Array
.
4
Select the disks for the new array and press
Insert
. To deselect
any disk, highlight the disk and press
Delete
.
5
Press
Enter
when both disks for the new array are selected. The
Array Properties
menu displays.
Assigning Array Properties
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. (See
Chapter 5
for details.)
To assign properties to the new array:
1
In the
Array Properties
menu, select an array type and press
Enter
. Note that only the available array types, RAID 0 and RAID
1, are displayed. Each of these types requires two drives. (For a
description of the supported array types, see
Appendix B
.)
2
Type in an optional label for the array and press
Enter
.
3
For RAID 0, 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.