Acer AR585 F1 - Manual (Page 30)

Appendix A Server management tools 18
Creating a RAID Volume
1 Select Array Configuration Utility option.
2 Select Create Array.
The Select drives to create Array displayed.
3 Select desired hard drive disk and then press to add it in
the Selected Drives area.
4 Press to complete the selection.
5 Select Array Type.
6 Configure the array properties.
7 Press Done when finish.
8 Press when "Do you want to create an array? (Yes/No):"
displayed.
9 Press any key to continue.
10 Once the RAID volume is created, press to exit.
Initialing a RAID Volume
During Adaptec onboard SATA RAID volume creation process, the
onboard SATA RAID volume will be automatically initiated once the
onboard SATA RAID volume has been created.
Assigning a Hot Spare Drive
A hot spare is a hard disk drive that automatically replaces any failed
drive in a RAID volume, and can subsequently be used to rebuild the
RAID volume.
1 Select Array Configuration Utility option.
2 Select Add/Delete Hotspare.
The Select drives to assign Spare displayed.
3 Select desired hard drive disk and then press to add it in
the Assigned Hotspare drives area.
4 Press to complete the selection.
5 Press when "Do you want to create a spare? (Yes/No):"
displayed.
6 Once a hot spare drive is created, press to exit.