RAID Simulator Tool Documentation Guide

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Intel RAID BIOS Simulator Documentation

First Window:

In this window, the user can review and alter the disk information before initializing the actual RAID Simulator.

Features:

Add:

Step 1 - Click ADD button

Step 2 - Fill all the fields

Step 3 - Click SAVE button

Edit:

Step 1 - Click EDIT button

Step 2 - Enter the ID of the disk you wish to edit or click the row of the disk from the table.

Step 3 - Edit the information you wish to change

Step 4 - Click SAVE

Delete:

Step 1 - Click DELETE button

Step 2 - Enter the ID of the disk you wish to edit or click the row of the disk from the table.

Step 3 - Click DELETE button

To start the RAID Simulator, click START button

Summary of content (9 pages)

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Intel RAID BIOS Simulator Documentation First Window: In this window, the user can review and alter the disk information before initializing the actual RAID Simulator. Features: Add: Step 1 - Click ADD button Step 2 - Fill all the fields Step 3 - Click SAVE button Edit: Step 1 - Click EDIT button Step 2 - Enter the ID of the disk you wish to edit or click the row of the disk from the table.
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Intel RAID BIOS Simulator Documentation RAID Simulator Main Window: This simulator can create, delete and reset RAID configurations. It supports both full keyboard and mouse control. Features: Create RAID Volume: Step 1 - Choose the Create RAID Volume and press key to enter the Create Volume Menu. To create a RAID volume, you can use default name (Volume0) or input a customized name of the volume. Follow the HELP text on the screen to get more detailed introduction of this function.
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Intel RAID BIOS Simulator Documentation Step 2 – After inputting a volume name, press key to go to the next setting – RAID Level. Use and arrow keys to change the RAID Level among RAID0(Stripe), RAID1(Mirror), RAID5(Parity) and RAID10(RAID0+1). Refer to the HELP text to get more details. Step 3 – After the choices, press key to go the next setting – Disks.
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Intel RAID BIOS Simulator Documentation Step 4 – Press key to enter the Select Disk Menu. Follow the hints at the bottom of the pop-up menu to select disks. The selected disks will have a green mark on the left side of their port numbers. After the choice, press key and follow the text on screen to finish this step. Step 5 – In the Strip Size option, type in the wanted strip size. If you don’t know which value to choose, follow the suggestion in the HELP text to set the value.
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Intel RAID BIOS Simulator Documentation Step 6 – In the Capacity option, either accept the default value, which is the largest possible volume, or input a number as the volume size. Step 7 – In the Create Volume option, when confirmed, press key to create the RAID volume. A warning message will pop up on the screen. Confirm if previous data is no longer needed, and press to go on creating the new RAID volume, or press to cancel the creation.
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Intel RAID BIOS Simulator Documentation Step 8 – After the RAID volume is created, the Disk/Volume information is displayed in the middle of the main menu, listing the key information such as ID number, name, RAID level, strip size, volume, status and whether this is a bootable volume. Delete RAID Volume: Step 1 – For any RAID volume that is no longer needed, choose Delete RAID Volume and press key to enter the Delete Volume Menu, in order to remove the volume from the Intel® RSTe.
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Intel RAID BIOS Simulator Documentation Step 2 – Use and arrow keys to select the RAID volume that is no longer needed. Press key to delete the volume. A warning message will pop up on screen. Reset RAID Volume: This feature is used when specific disk needs to be set back to non-RAID mode. For example, in a RAID5 volume, if one disk is set to non-RAID mode, this disk can work in pass-through (non-RAID) mode, or join in the configuration of another RAID volume.
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Intel RAID BIOS Simulator Documentation Step 2 – When confirmed, press to go resetting this disk to Non-RAID mode. After this, if system detects both a Degraded volume and disk available for rebuilding, a Degraded Volume Detected window will pop up, asking for selecting a disk to initiate a rebuild. Step 3 – Choose an available disk and press key to initiate the rebuild, or press key to cancel a rebuild and leave the RAID volume in degrade status.
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Intel RAID BIOS Simulator Documentation RAID volume in Rebuild status RAID volume in Degraded status NOTE: PC reboot is required to completely terminate, delete or move this application.