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AOC-USASLP-L8i Add-on Card User’s Manual
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Viewing and Changing Virtual Drive Properties ....................................4-13
Viewing Physical Drive Properties ........................................................ 4-14
4-8 Forcing Drives Online or Offline....................................................4-14
4-9 Configuring a Bootable Virtual Drive ............................................ 4-14
4-10 Deleting a Virtual Drive ................................................................4-14
4-11 Clearing a Storage Configuration ...............................................4-15
Chapter 5 MegaRAID Overview and Installation ...............5-1
5-1 Overview............................................................................................. 5-1
Creating Storage Configurations............................................................. 5-1
5-2 Hardware and Software Requirements.......................................... 5-2
5-3 Installing for Windows....................................................................... 5-2
5-4 Installing for Linux .............................................................................5-5
Linux Error Messages ............................................................................. 5-5
Chapter 6 MegaRAID Window and Menus ............................6-1
6-1 Starting MegaRAID Storage Manager Software........................... 6-1
6-2 MegaRAID Storage Manager Window...........................................6-4
Physical/Logical View Panel ................................................................... 6-4
Properties/Operations/Graphical View Panel.......................................... 6-5
Event Log Panel...................................................................................... 6-5
Menu Bar ................................................................................................ 6-5
File Menu ............................................................................................. 6-6
Operations Menu.................................................................................. 6-6
Group Operations Menu.......................................................................6-6
Log Menu ............................................................................................. 6-6
Help Menu............................................................................................ 6-6
6-3 Creating a New Storage Configuration .......................................... 6-6
Understanding Virtual Disk Parameters ..................................................6-8
Using Auto Configuration ........................................................................6-8
Using Guided Configuration..................................................................6-10
Using Manual Configuration: RAID 0 .................................................... 6-13
Using Manual Configuration: RAID 1 .................................................... 6-15
Using Manual Configuration: RAID 5 .................................................... 6-16
Using Manual Configuration: RAID 10 ..................................................6-17
6-4 Adding or Deleting a Hotspare Disks ...........................................6-18
6-5 Changing Adjustable Task Rates..................................................6-19
6-6 Changing Virtual Disk Properties..................................................6-20