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To con the onboard SCSI RAID solution for Integrated Striping, Main menu, Adapter Properties

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Configuring your onboard RAID solutions To configure the onboard SCSI RAID solution for Integrated Striping: 1 Open the BIOS Setup utility as described in the previous procedure. 2 On the Main menu screen, use the arrow keys to select an adapter, then press ENTER. The Adapter Properties screen opens. 3 Use the arrow keys to select RAID Properties, then press ENTER. The RAID Properties screen opens. 4 Use the arrow keys to select the first disk for the IS volume, then use the arrow keys to move to the Array Disk column for this disk, and use the + and - keys to select Yes as the value for this column. If partitions are defined on the selected disk, a message appears warning you that data on the disk will be lost when the striped volume is created. You can then deselect that disk or erase the disk and continue. 5 Repeat the previous step to select as many as five more disks for the striped volume. If partitions are defined on the selected disks, a message appears warning you that data on the disk will be lost when the striped volume is created. You can then deselect that disk or erase the disk and continue. 6 When you have selected all disks for the IS volume, press ESC and select Save changes, then exit this menu. (If you do not want to create the volume, select Discard changes, then exit this menu.) The IS volume exists as soon as you save the changes. The RAID Properties screen now displays the IS volume properties and status. www.gateway.com 117

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Configuring your onboard RAID solutions
To configure the onboard SCSI RAID solution for Integrated Striping:
1
Open the BIOS Setup utility as described in the previous procedure.
2
On the
Main menu
screen, use the arrow keys to select an adapter, then press
E
NTER
.
The
Adapter Properties
screen opens.
3
Use the arrow keys to select
RAID Properties
, then press
E
NTER
. The
RAID Properties
screen opens.
4
Use the arrow keys to select the first disk for the IS volume, then use the arrow keys
to move to the Array Disk column for this disk, and use the
+
and
-
keys to select
Yes
as the value for this column.
If partitions are defined on the selected disk, a message appears warning you that data
on the disk will be lost when the striped volume is created. You can then deselect
that disk or erase the disk and continue.
5
Repeat the previous step to select as many as five more disks for the striped volume.
If partitions are defined on the selected disks, a message appears warning you that
data on the disk will be lost when the striped volume is created. You can then deselect
that disk or erase the disk and continue.
6
When you have selected all disks for the IS volume, press
E
SC
and select
Save changes,
then exit this menu
. (If you do not want to create the volume, select
Discard changes,
then exit this menu
.)
The IS volume exists as soon as you save the changes. The
RAID Properties
screen now
displays the IS volume properties and status.