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LSI Corporation Confidential

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July 2011

MegaRAID SAS Software User Guide

Chapter 4: WebBIOS Configuration Utility

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Creating a Storage Configuration

4.5

Creating a Storage

Configuration

This section explains how to use the WebBIOS configuration utility Configuration
Wizard to configure RAID drive groups and virtual drives to create storage
configurations:

Follow these steps to start the Configuration wizard, and select a configuration option
and mode:

1. Click Configuration Wizard on the WebBIOS main dialog.

The first Configuration Wizard dialog appears, as shown in the following figure.

Figure 29:

WebBIOS Configuration Wizard Dialog

2. Select a configuration option.

CAUTION: If you choose the first or second option, all existing data in the configuration
will be deleted. Make a backup of any data that you want to keep before you choose an
option.

Clear Configuration: Clears the existing configuration.

New Configuration: Clears the existing configuration and lets you create a new

configuration.

Add Configuration: Retains the existing storage configuration and adds new

drives to it (this option does not cause any data loss).

3. Click Next.

A dialog box warns that you will lose data if you select Clear Configuration or New
Configuration.