Users Guide

7. Click Back untill you return to the screen.
8. Click Finish, and then click Yes to save the settings.
Creating a virtual disk
1. Enter the BOSS-S1 Configuration Utility. See Entering the BOSS-S1 Configuration Utility.
2. Click Create RAID Configuration.
3. Select the physical disks.
4. Click Next.
5. Type a name for the virtual disk in the Name field.
NOTE: Adding special characters in the virtual disk name is not supported.
6. Select Yes for the option Would you like to create this virtual disk? and click OK.
7. Click Next, and then click OK.
A virtual disk is created with quick initialization by default.
Deleting virtual disks
1. Enter the BOSS-S1 configuration utility. See Entering the BOSS-S1 Configuration Utility.
2. Click Delete RAID configuration.
3. Select the virtual disk.
4. Select Yes for the option Are you sure you want to delete the selected Virtual Disk?.
5. Click OK, and then click Next to delete the selected virtual disk.
RAID rebuild
You can manually rebuild a degraded virtual disk. RAID rebuild is available only when a degraded RAID volume is present and
there is an available target device. If a foreign virtual disk is in rebuild state, rebuild starts automatically after you import the
virtual disk and reboot the server. Clear configuration operation does not affect any background activity, like rebuild.
Erase physical disk
NOTE: Erase physical disk is not supported when the physical disk is a part of virtual disk.
1. Enter the BOSS-S1 Configuration Utility. See Entering the BOSS-S1 Configuration Utility.
2. Click Erase Physical Disk.
3. Select the devices by selecting the check box next to the available physical disk configuration.
4. Select Yes for the option Would you like to erase this Physical Disk?.
5. Click Next.
After the physical disk is successfully erased, the Physical Disk Information tab shows the physical disk status as
unconfigured.
Controller information
The Controller information menu allows you to view the properties of the RAID Controller.
1. Enter the BOSS-S1 configuration utility. See Entering the BOSS-S1 Configuration Utility.
2. Click Controller information.
The RAID adapter information is displayed.
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UEFI or HII RAID configuration utility