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Assigning a Dedicated Disk, Step 1: Mark the Disk as a Free Disk

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CHAPTER 3 Using the NVRAIDMAN Utility Assigning a Dedicated Disk To mark a disk as dedicated, or reserve it for use by a specific array, you must have at least one free disk and you must also have at least two RAID 1 or RAID 0+1 arrays created. In this example, there are four SATA drives and two PATA drives which are RAID enabled. Four SATA drives are used to create two mirrored arrays, while two PATA drives are used as free disks. Step 1: Mark the Disk as a Free Disk 1 Enter the system BIOS setup and make sure that the drive that you want to mark as free is RAID enabled. 2 Boot into Windows and run the NVRAIDMAN program. If the disk is not part of any RAID array, then it will appear under the Free Disk section of the RAID GUI. Step 2: Dedicate the Free Disk to an Array While running NVRAIDMAN, dedicate a free disk to an array by doing the following: 1 Right click one of the available free disks under the Free Disk section. Figure 3.8 Designate Spare Pop-up Menu NVIDIA Corporation 43

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Using the NVRAIDMAN Utility
Assigning a Dedicated Disk
To mark a disk as dedicated, or reserve it for use by a specific array, you must have at
least one free disk and you must also have at least two RAID 1 or RAID 0+1 arrays
created. In this example, there are four SATA drives and two PATA drives which are
RAID enabled. Four SATA drives are used to create two mirrored arrays, while two
PATA drives are used as free disks.
Step 1: Mark the Disk as a Free Disk
1
Enter the system BIOS setup and make sure that the drive that you want to mark as free
is RAID enabled.
2
Boot into Windows and run the NVRAIDMAN program.
If the disk is not part of any RAID array, then it will appear under the Free Disk section
of the RAID GUI.
Step 2: Dedicate the Free Disk to an Array
While running NVRAIDMAN, dedicate a free disk to an array by doing the following:
1
Right click one of the available free disks under the Free Disk section.
Figure 3.8
Designate Spare Pop-up Menu