Acer G540-E5405 Altos G540 User's Guide EN - Page 128

To create and initialize a RAID volume, To assign a hot spare disk, Configuration Wizard

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118 Appendix A: Server management tools To create and initialize a RAID volume: 1 Access the Configuration menu. 2 Click Configuration Wizard. 3 Click Add Configuration, then click Next. 4 Click Custom Configuration, then click Next. 5 Use the Ctrl key to select the drives that you want to add into the array. 6 After selecting the drives, click Accept DG, then Next. 7 Select the RAID Level you want to use. 8 Create the logical volume and specify its size on the Select Size field, then click Accept. 9 After creating a logical volume on all of the RAID volume, click Accept, then Yes to save the configuration. 10 Click Yes to initialize the new logical drives. All the created logical drives will be listed. 11 Click on Home to revert to the Configuration menu. 12 Select Exit, then Yes. 13 Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to reboot the system. Proceed to the installation of the operating system. Refer to the user documentation that came with your OS for related instructions. To assign a hot spare disk: 1 Access the Configuration menu. 2 Under Physical Drives, select a free disk marked as UNCONF GOOD. 3 Select Make Global Dedicated HSP or Make Dedicated HSP, then click Go. 4 Click on Home to revert to the Configuration menu. Under Physical Drives, the assigned hot spare disk is marked as Hotsapare and highlighted in pink.

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Appendix A: Server management tools
118
To create and initialize a RAID volume:
1
Access the Configuration
menu.
2
Click
Configuration Wizard
.
3
Click
Add Configuration
, then click
Next
.
4
Click
Custom Configuration
, then click
Next
.
5
Use the
Ctrl
key to select the drives that you want to add into the
array.
6
After selecting the drives, click
Accept DG
, then
Next
.
7
Select the RAID Level you want to use.
8
Create the logical volume and specify its size on the Select Size
field, then click
Accept
.
9
After creating a logical volume on all of the RAID volume, click
Accept
, then
Yes
to save the configuration.
10
Click
Yes
to initialize the new logical drives.
All the created logical drives will be listed.
11
Click on
Home
to revert to the Configuration
menu.
12
Select
Exit
, then
Yes
.
13
Press
Ctrl
+
Alt
+
Del
to reboot the system.
Proceed to the installation of the operating system.
Refer to the
user documentation that came with your OS for related
instructions.
To assign a hot spare disk:
1
Access the Configuration
menu.
2
Under Physical Drives
, select a free disk marked as
UNCONF
GOOD
.
3
Select
Make Global Dedicated HSP
or
Make Dedicated HSP
,
then click
Go
.
4
Click on
Home
to revert to the Configuration
menu.
Under Physical Drives
, the assigned hot spare disk is marked as
Hotsapare
and highlighted in pink.