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Raid user’s guide, Creating and deleting raid sets, Installing serial ata (sata) hard disks – Foxconn 925XE7AA-8EKRS2-RAID User Manual

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RAID User’s Guide

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4. Creating and Deleting RAID Sets

Creating and deleting RAID sets is a function found

in the Raid Configuration

Utility - Silicon Image

. During booting up, the following message will appear,

pausing for a few moments to allow the user to choose what to do:

Press or F4 to enter RAID utility

The Main Menu in the upper left corner is used to choose the operation to be

performed. The selections are:

Create RAID Set

Delete RAID Set

Rebuild RAID1 Set

Resolve Conflicts

Low Level Format

Logical Drive Info

Help Window displays context-sensitive help and status messages.

Physical Drive Information window displays the model number and capacities of

the drives physically attached to the SATA host adapter.

Logical Drive Information window displays all logical drives connected to the

controller. The upper part lists RAID sets and JBOD drives reported to the system

BIOS. The lower part lists spare drives, reserved drives, conflict drives, and invalid

drives not reported to the system BIOS.

The bottom line of the display lists the currently active command keys:

Up and Down arrows select the menu item or action

ESC takes the user to the previous menu

Enter selects the highlighted choice

Ctrl-E exits the utility

Other keys may be active depending upon the currently selected action.

3. Installing Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks

To install the SATA hard disk for a RAID configuration.(SATA_5, SATA_6, SATA_7,

SATA_8) (optional)

1. Install the SATA hard disk into the drive bays.

2. Connect the SATA signal cables.

3. Connect a SATA power cable to the power connector on each drive.

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