Avago Technologies SAS 9300-4i Host Bus Adapter - Manual (Page 26)

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SAS-3 Integrated RAID Solution User Guide
November 2012 Chapter 5: Creating Integrated Striping Volumes
Creating Integrated Striping Volumes
Follow these steps to configure an Integrated Striping volume with the SAS3 BIOS CU. The steps begin with the
Adapter List window that appears when the SAS3 BIOS CU starts.
1. On the Adapter List window, select an LSI SAS-3 adapter, and press Enter.
The Adapter Properties window appears, as the following figure shows.
Figure 10 Adapter Properties Window
2. Select RAID Properties, and press Enter.
The Create Array window appears.
3. Select Create RAID 0 Volume.
The Create New Array window appears.
4. Move the cursor to the RAID Disk column, and select a line that has a No entry in this column, which indicates that
the disk is not already part of the volume you are creating. To add the disk to the new array, change the No to Yes
by pressing the space bar.
5. Move the cursor to another line and press the space bar to add another disk to the array.
6. Continue adding disks in this way until you reach the desired number of disks.
7. Press C to create the array.
A menu appears.
8. From the menu options, select Save changes then exit this menu.
A message appears briefly, and then the SAS3 BIOS CU returns to the Adapter Properties window. Initialization of
the new array continues in the background.
NOTE Repeat the previous instructions to create a second Integrated Striping volume, if desired, and if
enough additional disks are available.