SAS RAID 0 configuration
Use the following procedure configure an Integrated Striped (IS) volume with the BIOS-based
configuration utility. The procedure assumes that the system has the required disks and disk controllers.
1. On the Main menu of the BIOS-based configuration utility, use the arrow keys to select an adapter.
2. Press Enter to go to the Adapter Properties screen.
3. On the Adapter Properties screen, use the arrow keys to select RAID Properties, and press
Enter to go to the RAID Properties screen.
4. In the RAID Properties screen, 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 press Space and + or - 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.
5. Press M to migrate, or D to delete the data on the drive.
6. To select up to three more disks for the striped volume, repeat the previous steps.
7. After you choose all drives, press C to create the array once, and then press Esc and select
Save.
SAS RAID 1 configuration
Use the following procedure to configure an Integrated Mirroring (IM) volume with the BIOS-based
configuration utility. The procedure assumes that the system has the required disks and disk controllers.
1. On the Main menu of the BIOS-based configuration utility, use the arrow keys to select an adapter.
2. Press Enter to go to the Adapter Properties screen.
3. On the Adapter Properties screen, use the arrow keys to select RAID Properties, and then
press Enter to go to the RAID Properties screen
4. Configure a two-disk mirrored volume with an optional hot spare disk:
a. In the RAID Properties screen, use the arrow keys to select the primary disk for the IM volume
(the disk with the data you want to mirror.)
b. Use the arrow keys to move to the Array Disk column for this disk and press Space to
select Yes as the value.
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.
c. Press M to migrate or D to delete the data on the drive.
d. When the Keep Data/Erase Disk message appears, press F3 to keep the data on this disk.
The value in the Array Disk column changes to Primary.
e. Use the arrow keys to select the secondary (mirrored) disk for the IM volume, and then
select Yes as the value for the Array Disk column.
If partitions are defined on this disk, a message warns that data on the disk will be lost when
the mirrored volume is created.
f. Press Delete to confirm erasing data from the disk, or press any other key to deselect the
disk.
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