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AfterenteringtheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram,youcanseetheManagementMenuon
thescreen.TheManagementMenucontainsthefollowingmenuitems:
•Congure
ThismenucontainsitemstohelpyoucreateaRAIDarray,viewthecurrentRAIDconguration,addanew
array,deleteanexistingarray,orselectabootvirtualdrive.
•Initialize
Thismenuhelpsyouinitializevirtualdrive(s).
Note:Initializingavirtualdriveerasesalldataonthevirtualdrive.Backupanydatayouwanttokeepand
ensuretheoperatingsystemisnotinstalledonthevirtualdrivebeforetheinitialization.
•Objects
ThismenuhelpsyoucongureparametersfortheRAIDadapterorcontroller,thevirtualdrive(s),andthe
physicaldrive(s).
•Rebuild
Thismenuhelpsyourebuildaphysicaldriveinanarrayintheeventofaphysicaldrivefailure.Youcan
choosetorebuildthedataonthefailingdriveifthedriveisstilloperational.Ifthedriveisnotoperational,
itmustbereplacedandthedataonthefailingdrivemustberebuiltonanewdrivetorestorethesystem
tofaulttolerance.Ifhot-sparedrivesareavailable,thefailingdrivemightberebuiltautomaticallywithout
anyuserintervention.
•CheckConsistency
Thismenuhelpsyoudoconsistencycheckforthevirtualdrive(s).Theconsistencycheckveriesthe
correctnessofthedataonvirtualdrive(s)thatuseRAID1,5,and10.
ThefollowingtableshowsthevariousmenusanditemsintheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtility
program.Oneachmenu,presstheEnterkeytoshowselectableoptionsandselectadesiredoptionby
usingupanddownarrowkeysortypedesiredvaluesfromthekeyboarddirectly.
Menuitem
SubmenuitemComments
EasyCongurationCreatephysicalarrays.Anarraywill
automaticallybecomeavirtualdrive.
NewCongurationCleartheexistingcongurationand
startanewconguration.
View/AddConguration
Viewtheexistingcongurationoradda
newconguration.
ClearCongurationCleartheexistingconguration.
Congure
SelectBootDriveSelectabootvirtualdrive.
Initialize
Variesbyconguration.
Initializevirtualdrives.
Adapter
Setadapterrelatedparameters,such
asrebuildrate,consistencycheckrate,
auto-rebuild,andsoon.
VirtualDrive
Setvirtualdriveparameters.
Objects
PhysicalDrive
Setphysicaldriveparameters,suchas
creatingahot-sparedriveforthevirtual
drive,makingafailingdriveasonline,
changingadrivestate,andviewingthe
specicationsofaphysicaldrive.
Rebuild
Variesbyconguration.
Rebuildphysicaldrive(s).
CheckConsistency
Variesbyconguration.
Checkconsistencyofvirtualdrive(s).
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