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Creating a disk array, Enter, Available Drives

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Creating a disk array Figure 11. Disk Array Advance Details Screen Creating a disk array To create an array, first select the drives to be included by navigating the cursor over each drive and pressing Enter (see Figure 12). An asterisk in the left most column indicates the drive is selected. You may include from two to twelve drives in the array by selecting drives from the Available Drives section. To include drives that are part of an existing disk array you must first delete the array. Note: Accelerate keys. Anywhere in the BIOS configuration screen, if a user hits the corresponding accelerate keys, it immediately highlights the appropriate button: Alt-C for "Create Array" Alt-D for "Delete Array" Alt-M for "Maintain Array" Alt-R for "Rebuild Array" www.3ware.com 31

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Creating a disk array
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Figure 11.
Disk Array Advance Details Screen
Creating a disk array
To create an array, first select the drives to be included by navigating the cur-
sor over each drive and pressing
Enter
(see Figure 12). An asterisk in the left
most column indicates the drive is selected. You may include from two to
twelve drives in the array by selecting drives from the
Available Drives
sec-
tion. To include drives that are part of an existing disk array you must first
delete the array.
Note:
Accelerate keys. Anywhere in the BIOS configuration
screen, if a user hits the corresponding accelerate keys, it immedi-
ately highlights the appropriate button:
Alt-C for “Create Array”
Alt-D for “Delete Array”
Alt-M for “Maintain Array”
Alt-R for “Rebuild Array”