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AfterenteringtheLSISoftwareRAIDConfigurationUtilityprogram,youcanseetheManagementMenuon
thescreen.TheManagementMenucontainsthefollowingmenuitems:
•Configure
ThismenucontainsitemstohelpyoucreateaRAIDarray,viewthecurrentRAIDconfiguration,adda
RAIDarray,deleteanexistingRAIDarray,andselectabootvirtualdrive.
•Initialize
Thismenuhelpsyouinitializevirtualdrives.
Note:Initializingavirtualdriveerasesalldataonthevirtualdrive.Backupanydatayouwanttokeepand
ensurethattheoperatingsystemisnotinstalledonthevirtualdrivebeforetheinitialization.
•Objects
ThismenuhelpsyouconfigureparametersfortheRAIDcontroller,thevirtualdrives,andthephysical
drives.
•Rebuild
ThismenuhelpsyourebuildaphysicaldriveinaRAIDarrayintheeventofaphysicaldrivefailure.
Youcanchoosetorebuildthedataonthefailingdriveifthedriveisstilloperational.Ifthedriveisnot
operational,itmustbereplacedandthedataonthefailingdrivemustberebuiltonanewdrivetorestore
thesystemtofaulttolerance.
•CheckConsistency
Thismenuhelpsyoudoconsistencycheckforthevirtualdrives.Theconsistencycheckverifiesthe
correctnessofthedataonvirtualdrivesthatuseRAID1,5,and10.
ThefollowingtableshowsthevariousmenusanditemsintheLSISoftwareRAIDConfigurationUtility
program.Oneachmenu,presstheEnterkeytoshowselectableoptionsandselectadesiredoptionby
usingupanddownarrowkeysortypedesiredvaluesfromthekeyboarddirectly.
Table3.LSISoftwareRAIDConfigurationUtilityprogrammenuitems
Menuitem
SubmenuitemComments
EasyConfigurationCreatephysicalarrays.Anarraywill
automaticallybecomeavirtualdrive.
NewConfigurationCleartheexistingconfigurationand
startanewconfiguration.
View/AddConfiguration
Viewtheexistingconfigurationoradda
configuration.
ClearConfigurationCleartheexistingconfiguration.
Configure
SelectBootDriveSelectabootvirtualdrive.
Initialize
Variesbyconfiguration.
Initializevirtualdrives.
Adapter
Setadapter-relatedparameters,such
asrebuildrate,consistencycheckrate,
andauto-rebuild.
VirtualDrive
Setvirtualdriveparameters.
Objects
PhysicalDrive
Setphysicaldriveparameters,suchas
creatingahot-sparedriveforthevirtual
drive,makingafailingdriveasonline,
changingadrivestate,andviewingthe
specificationsofaphysicaldrive.
Rebuild
Variesbyconfiguration.
Rebuildphysicaldrives.
CheckConsistency
Variesbyconfiguration.
Checkconsistencyofvirtualdrives.
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