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Select your desired method of configuration.

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

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 confirmation message. Press to confirm

or to return to the configuration Main Menu.

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Auto-configuration creates a RAID 1 set without backup copy.

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

PHYSICAL DRIVE

0 XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXMB

1 XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXMB
2 XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXMB
3 XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXMB

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

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, then press
. The selection
bar moves to the Physical
Drive menu.

b. Using the up or

down arrow keys,
select the

source

drive and press
.

c. Repeat step b to

select the

target

drive.

d. After selecting the

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

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. The C r e a t e

C r e a t e

w i t h o u t d a t a c o p y

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.

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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.