HighPoint RocketRAID 2340 - Manual (Page 19)

RocketRAID 2340 BIOS Utility
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8. To complete the creation procedure, use the ↓↓↓↓↓ arrow key to highlight the Start
Creation item and press ENTER.
3 - Adding/Removing Spare Disks
This command is used to assign a hard disk to act as a Spare Disk.
Spare Disks are used to automatically rebuild Redundant RAID arrays (RAID 1, 5, 10,
50) in the case of disk failure. To set a hard disk to act as a Spare Disk, use the
↑ ↓ ↑ ↓ ↑ ↓ ↑ ↓ ↑ ↓
arrow keys to select a disk, and press ENTER.
To remove the Spare Disk setting from a hard disk, highlight the spare disk, and press
ENTER.
Generally, single disks are designated to act as spares (disks that are not configured
into RAID arrays).
However, in some instances, disks that are members of RAID arrays may also be
designated to act as a spare. If the disks in question are part of a RAID array that did
not utilize the full available capacity at the time of creation, these disks may be used
as spares.
For example: a RAID 0 array was created between two 200GB hard disks, but only
200GB of space (out of a grand total of 400GB), was assigned to that array. In this
example, 200GB of disk space remains unallocated. This unallocated space would
allow these disks to be set as spares for a separate redundant array that falls into the
same capacity range (200GB).
4 - Updating the BIOS
BIOS updates are released periodically, and posted on our website for download.
There are several ways to flash the RocketRAID 2340 BIOS.
For Windows based operating systems:
1) Download the desired BIOS update from the Support section provided for
the RocketRAID 2340 host adapter. Extract the download to the directory of
your choice.