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Adaptec onboard sata raid creation, Configuring adaptec onboard sata raid – Acer AR180 F1 User Manual

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Adaptec onboard SATA RAID Creation

Configuring Adaptec onboard SATA RAID

This section explains briefly how to create a RAID volume with the
Adaptec onboard SATA RAID.

Enabling the Adaptec onboard SATA RAID controller
1

Turn on the server and the display monitor. If the server is already
turned on, please close all open applications and then restart the
server.

2

During POST, press to access the BIOS Setup Utility.

3

Select the Advanced > IDE/SATA Configuration submenu.

4

Change the setting of the Configure SATA#1 as field from IDE to
RAID.

5

Select Adaptec of ICH Raid CodeBase option.

6

Press .

7

Select Ok to save the setting and close the Setup Utility.

Entering Adaptec onboard SATA RAID Configuration Utility

To start the Adaptec onboard SATA RAID Configuration Utility, please
press + when you see the RAID BIOS during POST. After
POST finished, the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility will display on
the screen.

Creating RAID Volume
1

Select the Array Configuration Utility option.

2

Select Create Array.

3

The screen displays Select drives to create Array.

4

Select the desired hard drive disk and then press to add it in
Selected Drives area.

5

Press to complete the selection.

6

Select Array Type.

7

Configure the array properties.

8

Press Done when finish.

9

Press Y when prompted by "Do you want to create an array? (Yes/
No):".

10 Press any key to continue.