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Adaptec Ctrl-A interface described below. To begin using the ARC utility with the
uEFI/HII interface, see Ctrl-A or uEFI/HII? Unied Extensible Firmware Interface
(uEFI)Human Interaction Infrastructure Interface (HII)HII interfaceuEFI on page 57.
2. If you have more than one controller of the same model or family in your computer, select your controller,
then press Enter .
3. Select Logical Device Conguration, then press Enter .
4. Select Initialize Drives, then press Enter .
5. Select at least three disk drives for the array, press Insert for each selected disk drive, then press
Enter.
Caution: During initialization, all data is deleted from the disk. Before continuing,
back up any data you want to keep.
6. Press Y , then press Enter .
The selected disk drives are initialized, then the Logical Device Conguration screen appears.
7. Select Create Array, then press Enter .
8. Select the disk drives that were just initialized, press Insert for each selected disk drive, then press
Enter .
9. When the Array Properties screen opens, follow the instructions in the following table.
Entry or SelectionProperty Line
Select RAID 5, then press Enter .
Array Type
Type a name, then press Enter .
Array Label
Press Enter , then press Enter again to use the default granularity of GB.
Array Size
Press Enter to use the default (256 KB).
Stripe Size
Note: This property applies only to striped arrays (RAID 0, 1E, 10, 5, 50, 5EE, 6,
and 60).
Press Enter to use the default (Enable).
Read Caching
Press Enter to use the default (Enable always), then press Y to conrm.
Write Caching
Press Enter to use the default (Build/Verify).
Create RAID via
Press Enter to use the default (Enable)
MaxCache Read
Press Enter to use the default (Disable)
MaxCache Write
Press Enter .
[Done]
10. When a cache warning message displays, type Y .
11. Once the array is created, a message displays telling you that the array can now be used. Press any key
to return to the Logical Device Conguration menu.
You can start using the array immediately. However, performance is reduced until the build process is
complete.
12. Press Esc until the Exit utility window appears.
13. Select Yes, then press Enter.
The computer restarts.
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