Avago Technologies MegaRAID SATA 150-4 (523) - Manual (Page 53)

Configuration Utility Menu 3-5
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3.3.1 Configure Menu
Select this option to configure physical arrays and logical drives. This
section describes the options of the Configure menu.
Configuration Menu Options – The Configure menu provides four
methods to modify and/or create logical disk configuration:
Easy Configuration, New Configuration, View/Add Configuration, and
Clear Configuration.
Table 3.1 provides an overview of these methods.
The configuration menu has an Advance Menu that enables you to set
specific options. The available options depend upon the configuration
method you use.
To store the configuration information, the CU reserves 32 bytes on a
disk when a hard drive is configured.
Table 3.1 Configuration Utility Configure Menu
Option Description
Easy
Configuration Easy Configuration automatically associates every physical array with one logical drive.
Through the Advance Menu, Easy Configuration allows you to modify the RAID level,
stripe size, cache write policy, read policy, and I/O policy.
Section 3.4.7.2, “Easy
Configuration,” on page 3-22 provides detailed instructions.
New
Configuration New Configuration allows you to modify the RAID level, stripe size, cache write policy,
read policy, I/O policy, logical drive size, and array spanning (associating logical drives
with multiple arrays). If you select New Configuration, the CU deletes the existing
configuration information on the selected controller when saving the new configuration.
Section 3.4.7.3, “New Configuration and View/Add Configuration,” on page 3-24
provides detailed instructions.
View/Add
Configuration View/Add Configuration allows you to control the same logical drive parameters as
New Configuration without disturbing the existing configuration information. The View/Add
configuration also allows you to enable the Configuration on Disk feature.
Section 3.4.7.3,
“New Configuration and View/Add Configuration,” provides detailed instructions.
Clear
Configuration This option erases the current configuration information.
Specify Boot
Drive This option enables you to specify a logical drive as the boot drive on the adapter. This
displays if you have created logical drives.