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Altos R380 F2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
i. Select 2 drives with Ctrl
CtrlCtrl
Ctrl key held and click on A
AA
Add to Array
dd to Array dd to Array
dd to Array and Accept DG
Accept DGAccept DG
Accept DG to add these drives into D
DD
Drive
rive rive
rive
G
GG
Gruop
ruopruop
ruop0
00
0.
j. Select other 2 drives with Ctrl
CtrlCtrl
Ctrl key held and click on A
AA
Add to Array
dd to Arraydd to Array
dd to Array and Accept DG
Accept DGAccept DG
Accept DG to add these drives into
D
DD
Drive
rive rive
rive G
GG
Gruop
ruopruop
ruop1
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1.
k. After you creating Disk Groups, click on Next
NextNext
Next.
l. Add both Drive Group0 and Drive Group1 to Span and click on Next
NextNext
Next.
m. The RAID 10 will be available in RAID Level. Select the RAID Level
RAID LevelRAID Level
RAID Level as RAID 1
RAID 1RAID 1
RAID 10
00
0 and click on Next
NextNext
Next.
n. Click on Accept
Accept Accept
Accept and Yes
YesYes
Yes to save the configuration.
o. Click on Yes
YesYes
Yes to initialize the new logical drives. You will see all the logical drives listed.
p. Click on Home
HomeHome
Home to go back to the configuration menu.
q. In the Logic View field, you can see the Spanned Drive Group: 0, RAID 10
Spanned Drive Group: 0, RAID 10Spanned Drive Group: 0, RAID 10
Spanned Drive Group: 0, RAID 10 listed.
r. Now you can reboot the system and install the Operating System. Select Exit
ExitExit
Exit, click on Yes
YesYes
Yes and press
Ctrl+Alt+Del
Ctrl+Alt+DelCtrl+Alt+Del
Ctrl+Alt+Del to reboot the system.
13. How do I create RAID 50 with the MegaRAID?
ANSWER:
ANSWER:ANSWER:
ANSWER: For configuring RAID 50, you need at least 6 HDDs in the system.
Please follow the procedures below.
a. To start the RAID BIOS utility, please press CTRL-H during POST
b. After POST finished, the Adapter Selection page will display on the screen. Click on Start
Start Start
Start to launch the
configuration menu
c. Please select Adapter Properties to set Factory Defaults from No to Yes, and then click on submit.
d. Reboot the server and then enter the RAID BIOS Utility again by pressing CTRL-H during POST
e. Launch the configuration menu.
f. Select Configuration Wizard
Configuration WizardConfiguration Wizard
Configuration Wizard
g. Select Add Configuration
Add ConfigurationAdd Configuration
Add Configuration (default) and click on Next
NextNext
Next.
h. Select Manual
ManualManual
Manual Configuration
Configuration Configuration
Configuration (default) and click on Next
NextNext
Next.
i. Select 3 drives with Ctrl
CtrlCtrl
Ctrl key held and click on A
AA
Add to Array
dd to Array dd to Array
dd to Array and Accept DG
Accept DGAccept DG
Accept DG to add these drives into D
DD
Drive
rive rive
rive
G
GG
Gruop
ruopruop
ruop0
00
0.
j. Select other 3 drives with Ctrl
CtrlCtrl
Ctrl key held and click on A
AA
Add to Array
dd to Arraydd to Array
dd to Array and Accept DG
Accept DGAccept DG
Accept DG to add these drives into
D
DD
Drive
rive rive
rive G
GG
Gruop
ruopruop
ruop1
11
1.
k. After you creating Disk Groups, click on Next
NextNext
Next.
l. Add both Drive Group0 and Drive Group1 to Span and click on Next
NextNext
Next.
m. The RAID 10 will be available in RAID Level. Select the RAID Level
RAID LevelRAID Level
RAID Level as RAID
RAID RAID
RAID 50
5050
50 and click on Next
NextNext
Next.
n. Click on Accept
Accept Accept
Accept and Yes
YesYes
Yes to save the configuration.
o. Click on Yes
YesYes
Yes to initialize the new logical drives. You will see all the logical drives listed.
p. Click on Home
HomeHome
Home to go back to the configuration menu.
q. In the Logic View field, you can see the Spanned Drive Group: 0, RAID 50
Spanned Drive Group: 0, RAID 50Spanned Drive Group: 0, RAID 50
Spanned Drive Group: 0, RAID 50 listed.