Owner's Manual

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LSI SAS RAID ▍
MS-96E0
LSI SAS RAID ▍
MS-96E0
Continue with step 4 of the IS creation procedure in the previous section to cre-
ate a second volume.
5.4 Other Conguration Tasks
This section explains how to do other tasks related to conguring and maintaining IS
volumes.
5�4�1 Viewing IS Volume Properties
Follow these steps to view the properties of IS volumes:
In the conguration utility, select an adapter from the Adapter List. Select the
RAID Properties option. The properties of the current volume are displayed.
If more than one volume is congured, press Alt+N to view the next array.
To manage the current array, press Enter when the Manage Array item is se
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lected.
5�4�2 Activating an Array
An array can become inactive if, for example, it is removed from one controller or com
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puter and moved to another one. The “Activate Array” option allows you to reactivate an
inactive array that has been added to a system. This option is only available when the
selected array is currently inactive.
Follow these steps to activate a selected array.
Select Activate Array on the Manage Array screen.
Press Y to proceed with the activation, or press N to abandon it. After a pause,
the array will become active.
5�4�3 Deleting an Array
CAUTION: Before deleting an array, be sure to back up all data on the array that
you want to keep.
Follow these steps to delete a selected array:
Select Delete Array on the Manage Array screen.
Press Y to delete the array, or press N to abandon the deletion. After a pause,
the rmware deletes the array.
Note: Once a volume has been deleted, it cannot be recovered. The master boot
records of all disks are deleted.
5�4�4 Locating a Disk Drive, or Multiple Disk Drives in a Volume
You can use the SAS BIOS CU to locate and identify a specic physical disk drive by
ashing the drive’s LED. You can also use the SAS BIOS CU to ash the LEDs of all the
disk drives in a RAID volume. There are several ways to do this:
When you are creating an IS volume, and a disk drive is set to Yes as part of the
volume, the LED on the disk drive is ashing. The LED is turned off when you have
nished creating the volume.
You can locate individual disk drives from the SAS Topology screen. To do this,
move the cursor to the name of the disk in the Device Identier column and press
Enter. The LED on the disk ashes until the next key is pressed.
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