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Press and hold on the Ctrl key on Custom Configuration. You could also let the Configuration Wizard to setup RAID 1. RAID 1: at least two disks; Press Next to meet special requirements, please click on your keyboard and select two ready drives with your mouse, then click Accept Array to set up a RAID automatically by selecting Auto Configuration. If the setting is to continue. 4. The minimum requirements of hard drives for different types of RAID are: RAID 0: at least two disks and the number of disks must be even. 1-4 LSI MegaRAID Userʼs Manual 3.
Press and hold on the Ctrl key on Custom Configuration. You could also let the Configuration Wizard to setup RAID 1. RAID 1: at least two disks; Press Next to meet special requirements, please click on your keyboard and select two ready drives with your mouse, then click Accept Array to set up a RAID automatically by selecting Auto Configuration. If the setting is to continue. 4. The minimum requirements of hard drives for different types of RAID are: RAID 0: at least two disks and the number of disks must be even. 1-4 LSI MegaRAID Userʼs Manual 3.
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You could also let the Configuration Wizard set up a RAID automatically by selecting Auto Configuration. LSI MegaRAID Userʼs Manual 3. If the setting is to continue. 4. Click Next to meet individual requirements, please select Custom Configuration. Hold on the Ctrl key on your keyboard and select with your mouse five ready drives, then click on Accept Array to setup Array 1. At least three hard disks are needed for establishing RAID 5. 1-10
You could also let the Configuration Wizard set up a RAID automatically by selecting Auto Configuration. LSI MegaRAID Userʼs Manual 3. If the setting is to continue. 4. Click Next to meet individual requirements, please select Custom Configuration. Hold on the Ctrl key on your keyboard and select with your mouse five ready drives, then click on Accept Array to setup Array 1. At least three hard disks are needed for establishing RAID 5. 1-10
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You could also let the Configuration Wizard to continue. 4. Then press Next to set up a RAID automatically by selecting Auto Configuration. Hold on the Ctrl key on your keyboard and select with your mouse three ready drives, then click on Accept Array to meet individual requirements, please select Custom Configuration. If the setting is needed for RAID 50. 1-16 LSI MegaRAID Userʼs Manual 3. Note: a minimum of 6 hard drives is to setup RAID 50.
You could also let the Configuration Wizard to continue. 4. Then press Next to set up a RAID automatically by selecting Auto Configuration. Hold on the Ctrl key on your keyboard and select with your mouse three ready drives, then click on Accept Array to meet individual requirements, please select Custom Configuration. If the setting is needed for RAID 50. 1-16 LSI MegaRAID Userʼs Manual 3. Note: a minimum of 6 hard drives is to setup RAID 50.
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Hold on the Ctrl key of your keyboard and select with your mouse two ready drives, click on Accept Array to continue. 4. You could also let the Configuration Wizard set up a RAID automatically by selecting Auto Configuration. LSI MegaRAID Userʼs Manual 3. Click Next to set up Array 1 as RAID 0. At least four hard disks are need to setup Array 2. Repeat this procedure to setup RAID 10. 1-22 If the setting is to meet individual requirements, please select Custom Configuration.
Hold on the Ctrl key of your keyboard and select with your mouse two ready drives, click on Accept Array to continue. 4. You could also let the Configuration Wizard set up a RAID automatically by selecting Auto Configuration. LSI MegaRAID Userʼs Manual 3. Click Next to set up Array 1 as RAID 0. At least four hard disks are need to setup Array 2. Repeat this procedure to setup RAID 10. 1-22 If the setting is to meet individual requirements, please select Custom Configuration.
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...Migration only: to make the Array 1 and the new hard disk to do the "RAID Migration" automatically. RAID Migration (with addition): to make the Array 1 to any RAID type you will find the ready disk in the Physical Drives window. In this option, you could change the existing ... do the "RAID Migration". LSI MegaRAID Userʼs Manual 1.7 Migration Setup 1. Click on Logical Drives to discover the disk first. Click "Go" to setup. There are to be installed onto the SCSI backplane, please select Scan Devices to set up Migration. 2. Then you want to apply the settings...
...Migration only: to make the Array 1 and the new hard disk to do the "RAID Migration" automatically. RAID Migration (with addition): to make the Array 1 to any RAID type you will find the ready disk in the Physical Drives window. In this option, you could change the existing ... do the "RAID Migration". LSI MegaRAID Userʼs Manual 1.7 Migration Setup 1. Click on Logical Drives to discover the disk first. Click "Go" to setup. There are to be installed onto the SCSI backplane, please select Scan Devices to set up Migration. 2. Then you want to apply the settings...
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Select Make Hotspare and click Go to set this hard disk as a part of RAID (Online) could not be selected. 2. Note: The disks already set it as Hotspare. 1.8 Hotspare Setup LSI MegaRAID Userʼs Manual 1. Select a ready physical drive and set as Hotspare. 1-29
Select Make Hotspare and click Go to set this hard disk as a part of RAID (Online) could not be selected. 2. Note: The disks already set it as Hotspare. 1.8 Hotspare Setup LSI MegaRAID Userʼs Manual 1. Select a ready physical drive and set as Hotspare. 1-29
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...'d 2 MegaRAID Configuration Software Guide Use MegaRAID BIOS Configuration Utility to: • create hotspare drives • configure physical arrays and logical drives • initialize one or more logical drives • individually access controllers, logical drives, and, physical drives • low-level format hard disk drives • rebuild failed disk drives • verify that support Ultra 160M, and 40 logical...
...'d 2 MegaRAID Configuration Software Guide Use MegaRAID BIOS Configuration Utility to: • create hotspare drives • configure physical arrays and logical drives • initialize one or more logical drives • individually access controllers, logical drives, and, physical drives • low-level format hard disk drives • rebuild failed disk drives • verify that support Ultra 160M, and 40 logical...
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... Console Plus Power Console Plus provides on the fly RAID migration, creating almost limitless adaptability and expansion of hard disk drives, tape drives, and CDROM drives. MegaRAID Manager MegaRAID Manager is a character-based utility that configures and monitors RAID systems locally or over a ... servers. Use MegaRAID Manager to perform the same functions as hot spares, create physical arrays, define and initialize logical drives, and rebuild failed disk drives. Power Console Plus can be executed from any workstation. Power Console Plus runs under Microsoft Windows NT. Power Console ...
... Console Plus Power Console Plus provides on the fly RAID migration, creating almost limitless adaptability and expansion of hard disk drives, tape drives, and CDROM drives. MegaRAID Manager MegaRAID Manager is a character-based utility that configures and monitors RAID systems locally or over a ... servers. Use MegaRAID Manager to perform the same functions as hot spares, create physical arrays, define and initialize logical drives, and rebuild failed disk drives. Power Console Plus can be executed from any workstation. Power Console Plus runs under Microsoft Windows NT. Power Console ...
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... drive to a RAID 3 logical drive • convert a RAID 3 logical drive to a RAID 5 logical drive • remove any physical drive from a logical drive • change a RAID 1, 3, or 5 logical drive to a RAID 0 logical drive Operating System Drivers The MegaRAID PCI SCSI Disk Array RAID Controller is installed in any DOS-compatible operating system using the standard AT BIOS INT 13h Hard Disk Drive...
... drive to a RAID 3 logical drive • convert a RAID 3 logical drive to a RAID 5 logical drive • remove any physical drive from a logical drive • change a RAID 1, 3, or 5 logical drive to a RAID 0 logical drive Operating System Drivers The MegaRAID PCI SCSI Disk Array RAID Controller is installed in any DOS-compatible operating system using the standard AT BIOS INT 13h Hard Disk Drive...
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...Choose this option to low-level format hard disk drives. If Using MegaRAID Configuration Utility To... Choose this option to individually access controllers, logical drives, and physical drives. Choose this menu Configure Initialize Format Rebuild... Configure turn to verify that the redundancy data in logical drives using RAID level 1, 3, or 5 is installed in the computer. configure arrays and logical drives initialize logical drives format a disk drive rebuild a disk drive use a pre-loaded SCSI drive...
...Choose this option to low-level format hard disk drives. If Using MegaRAID Configuration Utility To... Choose this option to individually access controllers, logical drives, and physical drives. Choose this menu Configure Initialize Format Rebuild... Configure turn to verify that the redundancy data in logical drives using RAID level 1, 3, or 5 is installed in the computer. configure arrays and logical drives initialize logical drives format a disk drive rebuild a disk drive use a pre-loaded SCSI drive...
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...current configuration from the controller non-volatile memory. Choose this option to set the cache flush interval to automatically rebuild drives when they fail. Configuration Utility Objects Menu Objects Choose the Objects option from the Configuration Utility main menu to modify ... can install only one ) and to access the controllers, logical drives, physical drives, and SCSI channels individually. The Objects menu options are : Option Clear Configuration FlexRAID PowerFail Disk Spin up the hard disk drives in the host computer. You can also change the rebuild rate ...
...current configuration from the controller non-volatile memory. Choose this option to set the cache flush interval to automatically rebuild drives when they fail. Configuration Utility Objects Menu Objects Choose the Objects option from the Configuration Utility main menu to modify ... can install only one ) and to access the controllers, logical drives, physical drives, and SCSI channels individually. The Objects menu options are : Option Clear Configuration FlexRAID PowerFail Disk Spin up the hard disk drives in the host computer. You can also change the rebuild rate ...
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... to change the state of the selected disk drive to display the following operations on the attached SCSI devices. MegaRAID automatically sets this option. The physical hard disk drives in the table below. When set the number of the selected disk drive to designate the selected disk drive as a hot spare. Chapter 2 MegaRAID Configuration Utility 13...
... to change the state of the selected disk drive to display the following operations on the attached SCSI devices. MegaRAID automatically sets this option. The physical hard disk drives in the table below. When set the number of the selected disk drive to designate the selected disk drive as a hot spare. Chapter 2 MegaRAID Configuration Utility 13...
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... choose Format to erase existing information on your SCSI disks, such as a system partition. See page 32 for additional information. Warning Formatting a hard drive destroys all data on the disk drive. You do not have been detected on the drive. That information is usually not necessary. You ...must format a disk only if: • the disk drive was not low-level formatted at the factory...
... choose Format to erase existing information on your SCSI disks, such as a system partition. See page 32 for additional information. Warning Formatting a hard drive destroys all data on the disk drive. You do not have been detected on the drive. That information is usually not necessary. You ...must format a disk only if: • the disk drive was not low-level formatted at the factory...
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...: • RAID level • stripe size • cache write policy • read policy • I /O policy • logical drive size • spanning of disk space is reserved when a hard disk drive is being configured. Choosing the Configuration Method Easy Configuration In Easy Configuration, each physical array you create is associated with exactly one logical...
...: • RAID level • stripe size • cache write policy • read policy • I /O policy • logical drive size • spanning of disk space is reserved when a hard disk drive is being configured. Choosing the Configuration Method Easy Configuration In Easy Configuration, each physical array you create is associated with exactly one logical...
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... feature. Chapter 3 WebBIOS Configuration Utility 39 Use this option to set the timing for drives attached to the selected adapter. Use this option to select the rebuild rate for spinning up the hard disk drives in standard mode. In addition, when you disable cluster mode, the system operates in...change the ID while in cluster mode. The options are in I2O or mass storage mode. You can select this option to automatically rebuild drives when they fail. Indicates whether the battery backup is always 7. Choose this option to enable or disable the BIOS on the adapter. ...
... feature. Chapter 3 WebBIOS Configuration Utility 39 Use this option to set the timing for drives attached to the selected adapter. Use this option to select the rebuild rate for spinning up the hard disk drives in standard mode. In addition, when you disable cluster mode, the system operates in...change the ID while in cluster mode. The options are in I2O or mass storage mode. You can select this option to automatically rebuild drives when they fail. Indicates whether the battery backup is always 7. Choose this option to enable or disable the BIOS on the adapter. ...
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Configuration Mismatch A configuration mismatch occurs when the data in the NVRAM (Non-volatile Random Access Memory) and the hard disk drives are different. On the following screen, you can: • select Create New Configuration to delete the previous configuration and create a new configuration • select View Disk Configuration to restore the configuration from the hard disk • select View NVRAM Configuration to restore the configuration from the NVRAM Chapter 3 WebBIOS Configuration Utility 53
Configuration Mismatch A configuration mismatch occurs when the data in the NVRAM (Non-volatile Random Access Memory) and the hard disk drives are different. On the following screen, you can: • select Create New Configuration to delete the previous configuration and create a new configuration • select View Disk Configuration to restore the configuration from the hard disk • select View NVRAM Configuration to restore the configuration from the NVRAM Chapter 3 WebBIOS Configuration Utility 53
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Rebuild failed disk drives. Individually access controllers, logical drives, and physical drives. MegaRAID automatically corrects any differences found in logical drives using RAID level 1, 3, or 5. Select the adapter you want to ... page 65 page 79 page ...To... This item displays only if more logical drives. configure arrays and logical drives initialize logical drives format a disk drive rebuild a disk drive Use this menu Configure Initialize Format Rebuild Turn to configure. Low-level format hard disk drives. Run the Enclosure Management and Diagnostics functions (the...
Rebuild failed disk drives. Individually access controllers, logical drives, and physical drives. MegaRAID automatically corrects any differences found in logical drives using RAID level 1, 3, or 5. Select the adapter you want to ... page 65 page 79 page ...To... This item displays only if more logical drives. configure arrays and logical drives initialize logical drives format a disk drive rebuild a disk drive Use this menu Configure Initialize Format Rebuild Turn to configure. Low-level format hard disk drives. Run the Enclosure Management and Diagnostics functions (the...
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... controllers in the computer. Choose this option to access the controllers, logical drives, physical drives, and SCSI channels individually, along with the battery backup. Option Clear Configuration View Adapter Performance FlexRAID PowerFail Disk Spin up the hard disk drives in the logical drive). MegaRAID Manager Objects Menu Objects Choose the Objects option from the MegaRAID Manager...
... controllers in the computer. Choose this option to access the controllers, logical drives, physical drives, and SCSI channels individually, along with the battery backup. Option Clear Configuration View Adapter Performance FlexRAID PowerFail Disk Spin up the hard disk drives in the logical drive). MegaRAID Manager Objects Menu Objects Choose the Objects option from the MegaRAID Manager...
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... the mouse button. Logical View must be selected before you want to remove the hard drive. You cannot reclaim an array if a logical drive has already been defined in the Ready status and clicking on Reclaim. However, you can add a physical drive to an array while running the Configuration Wizard, you can assign physical...
... the mouse button. Logical View must be selected before you want to remove the hard drive. You cannot reclaim an array if a logical drive has already been defined in the Ready status and clicking on Reclaim. However, you can add a physical drive to an array while running the Configuration Wizard, you can assign physical...
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...Console Plus versions 1.06 and higher. The Virtual Sizing option is approximately 80GB for older firmware, and 500GB for an existing logical drive depends on the virtual disk. Enable this option in Power Console Plus, you must restart the operating system before you exit the Boot..., the user or Administrator can use this feature once you have saved the configuration. Because Disk Administrator recognizes a virtual storage capacity of a hard drive that was just added to see the virtual size. 9 Virtual Sizing and Online Capacity Expansion Virtual Sizing is added, so you do not ...
...Console Plus versions 1.06 and higher. The Virtual Sizing option is approximately 80GB for older firmware, and 500GB for an existing logical drive depends on the virtual disk. Enable this option in Power Console Plus, you must restart the operating system before you exit the Boot..., the user or Administrator can use this feature once you have saved the configuration. Because Disk Administrator recognizes a virtual storage capacity of a hard drive that was just added to see the virtual size. 9 Virtual Sizing and Online Capacity Expansion Virtual Sizing is added, so you do not ...