HighPoint RocketRAID 3510 - Manual (Page 25)

RocketRAID 3xxx BIOS Utility
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Add/Remove Spare - this command is used to assign hard disks to function as
spare disks. The controller is capable of using spare disks to automatically rebuild
broken or faulted RAID arrays.
Section 3 discusses this command in detail.
Settings
Select Boot Device - this function is used to designate a particular disk or RAID array
to function as the RocketRAID 3xxx’s boot device.
Note: This setting is only relevant if the motherboard’s BIOS has set the
RocketRAID 3xxx to function as the system’s primary boot device.
Parameter Settings – various controller/device parameters
Staggered spinup – This function is used to enable (or disable) staggered
drive spin up support This setting, by default, is disabled.
Number of drives per spinup – informs the RocketRAID 3xxx how many
disks should be powered up simultaneously (when the Staggered spin up
feature is enabled).
Delay between spinup (seconds) – used to set the amount of time the
RocketRAID 3xxx will wait between issuing Staggered spinup commands.
Rebuild Priority – specify the RocketRAID 3xxx’s rebuild priority (resources
dedicated to rebuilding an array). There are five selections, ranging from
Lowest to Highest priority.
Spindown Idle Disk (MAID) – Advanced HDD power management option. If
this option is enabled the idle hard disk will be set to standby mode auto-
matically and will be automatic wake up when HDD receive any regular
command.
Audible alarm – This setting is enabled by default. Used to enable/disable
the on card Buzzer alarm.
Auto rebuild – This setting is disabled by default. Used to enable/disable
automatic RAID rebuild and reconstruction for degraded array.
Single BCV Entry – Single Boot Connection Vector. Used to register RAID
adapter’s logical disks to System BIOS: “enable” only register first logical