Users guide
vi Intel® RAID Software User Guide
7.13.1 Viewing Controller Properties ........................................................................ 99
7.13.2 Modifying Controller Properties ..................................................................... 99
7.13.3 Viewing and Changing Virtual Drive Properties .......................................... 101
7.13.4 Deleting a Virtual Drive ............................................................................... 103
7.13.5 Deleting a Virtual Drive Group .................................................................... 103
7.13.6 Expanding a Virtual Drive ............................................................................ 104
7.13.7 Erasing a Virtual Drive ................................................................................ 105
7.13.8 Managing Link Speed ................................................................................. 106
7.13.9 Managing Power Save Settings for the Controller ...................................... 107
7.13.10 Managing Power Save Settings for the Drive Group ................................ 108
7.13.11 Managing BBU Information ....................................................................... 108
7.13.12 Managing Dedicated Hot Spares .............................................................. 110
7.13.13 Securing a Drive Group ............................................................................. 111
7.13.14 Setting LED Blinking ................................................................................. 111
7.13.15 Performing a Break Mirror Operation ........................................................ 111
7.13.16 Performing a Join Mirror Operation ........................................................... 112
7.14 Managing Storage Configurations .......................................................................... 114
7.14.1 Initializing a Virtual Drive ............................................................................. 114
7.14.2 Running a Consistency Check .................................................................... 114
7.14.3 Rebuilding a Physical Drive ........................................................................ 115
7.14.4 Performing a Copyback Operation .............................................................. 116
7.14.5 Removing a Physical Drive ......................................................................... 116
7.14.6 Creating Global Hot Spares ........................................................................ 117
7.14.7 Removing a Hot Spare Drive ...................................................................... 117
7.14.8 Making a Drive Offline ................................................................................. 117
7.14.9 Making a Drive Online ................................................................................. 118
7.14.10 Instant Secure Erase ................................................................................. 118
7.14.11 Erasing a Physical Drive ........................................................................... 118
8 6Gb/s Intel
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RAID Controller Configuration Utility ........................................120
8.1 Quick Configuration Steps ........................................................................................ 120
8.2 Detailed Configuration Steps using the Intel
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RAID BIOS Console 2 ...................... 121
8.2.1 Start the Intel
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RAID BIOS Console 2 Utility ................................................ 121
8.2.2 Screen and Option Descriptions ................................................................... 121
8.3 Setting Up a RAID Array Using the Configuration Wizard ........................................ 128
8.4 Creating RAID 0, 1, 5, or 6 using Intel
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RAID BIOS Console 2 (detailed) ............... 131
8.5 Creating RAID 10, RAID 50, and RAID 60 using Intel
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RAID BIOS Console 2 ....... 135
8.6 Setting Drive Parameters ......................................................................................... 141
8.7 Creating a Hot Spare ................................................................................................ 142
8.8 Viewing Event Details ............................................................................................... 145
9 Intel
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RAID Web Console 2 ..............................................................................148
9.1 Configuration Functions ........................................................................................... 148
9.2 Monitoring Functions ................................................................................................ 148
9.3 Maintenance Functions ............................................................................................ 149