Acer Altos G330 MK2 User Manual - Page 117

Entering the onboard SATA RAID Configuration Utility, Creating the RAID 1 volume

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99 Entering the onboard SATA RAID Configuration Utility During POST, press Ctrl-M in the LSI MegaRAID Software RAID information screen. Loading the onboard LSI SATA RAID default setting 1 In the onboard LSI RAID Configuration Utility, select Objects from the Management menu. 2 Select Adapter from the Objects list. The available adapter options will be displayed. 3 Press Enter in the adapter list. The adapter settings will be displayed. 4 Select Factory Default, then YES to load the default settings. 5 Close the configuration utility. 6 Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to reboot the system. Creating the RAID 1 volume 1 In the onboard LSI RAID Configuration Utility, select Configuration from the Management menu. 2 Select New Configuration from the Configuration menu, then select YES to continue. An array selection window displays the devices connected to the current controller. 3 Press the arrow keys to choose the specific physical drives, then press the space bar to associate the selected drive with the current array. The indicator for the selected drive change from READY to ONLINE. 4 Add two more drives to the current array, then press Enter. 5 Press Enter again to select another array to configure. 6 Press the space bar to select the array, then press F10 to configure the logical drive. 7 Accept the default RAID level (RAID1), then press Enter to return to the array selection window. 8 Press Enter to end the array configuration.

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99
Entering the onboard SATA RAID Configuration Utility
During POST, press
Ctrl
-
M
in the LSI MegaRAID Software RAID
information screen.
Loading the onboard LSI SATA RAID default setting
1
In the onboard LSI RAID Configuration Utility, select
Objects
from
the Managemen
t menu.
2
Select
Adapter
from the Objects
list.
The available adapter options will be displayed.
3
Press
Enter
in the adapter list.
The adapter settings will be displayed.
4
Select
Factory Default
, then
YES
to load the default settings.
5
Close the configuration utility.
6
Press
Ctrl
+
Alt
+
Del
to reboot the system.
Creating the RAID 1 volume
1
In the onboard LSI RAID Configuration Utility, select
Configuration
from the Managemen
t menu.
2
Select
New Configuration
from the Configuration
menu, then
select
YES
to continue.
An array selection window displays the devices connected to the
current controller.
3
Press the arrow keys to choose the specific physical drives, then
press the space bar to associate the selected drive with the current
array.
The indicator for the selected drive change from READY to
ONLINE.
4
Add two more drives to the current array, then press
Enter
.
5
Press
Enter
again to select another array to configure.
6
Press the space bar to select the array, then press
F10
to configure
the logical drive.
7
Accept the default RAID level (RAID1), then press
Enter
to return
to the array selection window.
8
Press
Enter
to end the array configuration.