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Enabling adaptec onboard sata raid, Initialing a raid volume, Assigning a hot spare drive – Acer AB460 F1 User Manual

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5

Select desired HDD to create the RAID.

6

Select Create Volume.

7

Press Y when "Are you sure you want to create the volume? (Y/
N):" displayed.

8

Now the RAID volume is created, you can press ESC and select Exit
to exit.

Initialing a RAID Volume

During Intel 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

The Intel onboard SATA RAID Configuration Utility in POST does not
provide the function to assign a hot spare drive. Please assign a hot
spare drive with Intel onboard SATA RAID utility installed in operating
system.

Enabling Adaptec onboard SATA RAID

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 F2 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 in the ICH Raid CodeBase option.

6

Press F10.

7

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

Entering Adaptec onboard SATA RAID Configuration

Utility

To start Adaptec onboard SATA RAID Configuration Utility, please
press CTRL-A when you see the RAID BIOS during POST. After POST
finished, the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility displays on the screen.