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C h a p t e r 5 : S o f t w a r e s u p p o r t

PHYSICAL DRIVE

0 XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXMB

1 XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXMB
2 XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXMB
3 XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXMB

c. Repeat step b to select the

target drive.

d. After selecting the

source and target
drives, the following
pop-up menu
appears.

M a n u a l c o n f i g u r a t i o n

a. Select M a n u a l

M a n u a l

c o n f i g u r a t i o n

c o n f i g u r a t i o n and press
. The selection
bar moves to the Physical
Drives menu.

b. Using the up or down arrow

keys, select the

source drive

and press .

Select your desired method of configuration.

A u t o c o n f i g u r a t i o n

a. Select Auto Configuration then press .
b. The utility prompts a message to input the RAID size, use the up

or down arrow keys to set the RAID size then press .

c. Press to confirm or to return to the Main Menu.

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Auto-configuration creates a RAID 1 set without a backup copy of
the current source disk data.

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When migrating a single hard disk drive to a RAID 1 set, use of the
Manual configuration is recommended.

MAIN MENU

Auto configuration

Manual configuration

Create with data copy

Create without data copy

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The C r e a t e w i t h d a t a c o p y

C r e a t e w i t h d a t a c o p y

C r e a t e w i t h d a t a c o p y option allows you to copy the

current data from the source drive to the mirror drive.

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Select C r e a t e w i t h d a t a c o p y

C r e a t e w i t h d a t a c o p y

C r e a t e w i t h d a t a c o p y if you have important data in

your source drive.

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The C r e a t e w i t h o u t d a t a c o p y

C r e a t e w i t h o u t d a t a c o p y

C r e a t e w i t h o u t d a t a c o p y option disables the disk copy

function of the Mirrored set.

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If you selected C r e a t e w i t h o u t d a t a c o p y

C r e a t e w i t h o u t d a t a c o p y

C r e a t e w i t h o u t d a t a c o p y, the RAID 1 set must

be repartitioned and reformatted to guarantee the consistency of its
contents.