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Contents

BIOS Configuration Utility Menu Options

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Virtual Disk Management (VD Mgmt)

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Physical Disk Management (PD Mgmt)

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Physical Disk Actions

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Controller Management (Ctrl Mgmt)

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Controller Management Disk Actions

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Foreign Configuration View

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Setting Up Virtual Disks

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Creating Virtual Disks

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Initializing Virtual Disks

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Importing or Clearing Foreign Configurations Using
the VD Mgmt Menu

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Importing or Clearing Foreign Configurations Using
the Foreign Configuration View Screen

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Setting LED Blinking

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Managing Dedicated Hot Spares

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Creating Global Hot Spares

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Removing Global or Dedicated Hot Spares

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Enabling the Alarm to Alert in Case of Physical Disk Failures

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Checking Data Consistency

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Stopping Background Initialization

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Performing a Manual Rebuild of an Individual Physical Disk

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Deleting Virtual Disks

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Deleting Disk Groups

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Upgrading Firmware

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Enabling Boot Support

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Enabling BIOS Stop on Error

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Restoring Factory Default Settings

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Troubleshooting

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Virtual Disks Degraded

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Memory Errors

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General Problems

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Physical Disk Related Issues

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Physical Disk Failures and Rebuilds

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SMART Error

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