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d. If you selected

C r e a t e w i t h

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

d a t a c o p y

d a t a c o p y, a
pop-up menu
appears. Use the
up or down arrow
keys to select a
copy method, then
press .

MAIN MENU

Auto configuration

Manual configuration

online copy

offline copy

The o n l i n e c o p y

o n l i n e c o p y

o n l i n e c o p y option automatically copies the data to the target

drives on the background while writing to the source drives. The o f f l i n e

o f f l i n e

c o p y

c o p y option allows you to copy the contents of the source drive to the
target drives immediately.

A copy progress appears if you previously selected offline copy.

e. After copying the data to the target drives, a confirmation box

appears. Press to create the RAID set, or to return to the
utility main menu.

Creating as RAID 5 set (Parity)

To create a RAID 5 set:

From the Silicon Image
configuration utility
main menu, select
C r e a t e R A I D s e t

C r e a t e R A I D s e t

C r e a t e R A I D s e t
then press to
display an option menu.

Select R A I D 5

R A I D 5

R A I D 5, then press .

Select your desired
method of configuration,
then press .

MAIN MENU

Auto configuration

Manual configuration

MAIN MENU

Create RAID set

Delete RAID set
Rebuild Raid1 set
Resolve Conflicts
Low Level Format
Logical Drive Info

RAID0
RAID1

RAID5

RAID10

SPARE DRIVE

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