Toshiba Magnia 560S - Manual (Page 119)

Starting the MegaRAID BIOS Configuration Utility
MegaRAID BIOS Configuration Utility
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Logical Drive
Select this option from the Configuration Utility Objects menu to choose a logical drive
and to perform the actions listed in Table 9.4.
Table 9.4 Logical Drive Menu Options
Option Description
Initialize Initializes the selected logical drive. Do this for
every logical drive that is configured.
Check Consistency Verifies the correctness of the redundancy data
in the selected logical drive. This option is
available only if RAID level 1 or 5 is used.
MegaRAID automatically corrects any
differences found in the data.
View/Update Parameters Displays the properties of the selected logical
drive. You can modify the cache write policy,
read policy, and the I/O policy and can enable
Virtual Sizing from this menu.
Physical Drive
Select this option from the Configuration Utility Objects menu to choose a physical
device and perform the operations listed in Table 9.5. The physical drives in the
computer display. Move the cursor to the desired device and press to display
the menu options.
Table 9.5 Physical Drive Menu Options
Option Description
Rebuild Rebuild the selected physical drive.
Format Select this option to low-level format a hard
drive.
Make Online Select this option to change the state of a hard
drive to Online.
Fail Drive Select this option to change the state of a hard
drive to Fail.
Make HotSpare Select this option to designate a hard drive as a
hot spare.
View Drive Information Select this option to display the drive properties
for a device.