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Managing Hot Spares ..........................................................................................................53
Other Configuration Tasks ...................................................................................................55
Viewing Volume Properties .........................................................................................55
Synchronizing an Array ...............................................................................................55
Activating an Array ......................................................................................................55
Deleting an Array .........................................................................................................56
Locating a Drive or Multiple Drives in a Volume ..........................................................56
Selecting a Boot Disk ..................................................................................................57
IS Configuration Overview ...................................................................................................57
Creating IS Volumes ............................................................................................................58
Creating a Second IS Volume .............................................................................................59
Other Configuration Tasks ...................................................................................................60
Viewing IS Volume Properties .....................................................................................60
Activating an Array ......................................................................................................60
Deleting an Array .........................................................................................................60
Locating a Disk Drive, or Multiple Disk Drives in a Volume .........................................61
Selecting a Boot Disk ..................................................................................................61
Chapter 7: Intel
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RAID BIOS Console 2 Utility ...................................................... 63
Quick Configuration Steps ...................................................................................................63
Detailed Configuration Steps using the Intel
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RAID BIOS Console 2 .................................64
Start the Intel
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RAID BIOS Console 2 Utility ...............................................................64
Screen and Option Descriptions ..................................................................................64
Setting Up a RAID Array Using the Configuration Wizard ...................................................70
Creating RAID 0, 1, 5, or 6 using Intel
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RAID BIOS Console 2 (detailed) ..........................73
Creating RAID 10, RAID 50, and RAID 60 using Intel
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RAID BIOS Console 2 ..................77
Setting Drive Parameters .....................................................................................................82
Creating a Hot Spare ...........................................................................................................83
Viewing Event Details ..........................................................................................................86
Chapter 8: Intel
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RAID Web Console 2 ................................................................... 89
Configuration Functions .......................................................................................................89
Monitoring Functions ...........................................................................................................89
Maintenance Functions ........................................................................................................90
Hardware and Software Requirements ................................................................................90
Installing the Intel
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RAID Web Console 2 on a Microsoft Windows* Operating System .....90
Installing the Intel
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RAID Web Console 2 on Linux or SuSE* Linux Enterprise Server ......92
Intel
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RAID Web Console 2 Support and Installation on VMWare ......................................92
Installing Intel
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RAID Web Console 2 for VMWare Classic ........................................92
Uninstalling Intel
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RAID Web Console 2 for VMWare .................................................92
Installing Intel
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RAID Web Console 2 Support on the VMWare ESX .........................93
Starting the Intel
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RAID Web Console 2 .............................................................................98
Intel
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RAID Web Console 2 Screens ..................................................................................98
Physical/Virtual View Panel .......................................................................................101
Properties/Operations/Graphical View Panel ............................................................102