IBM 8000 Series, 7000 Series manual Displaying advance details, Creating a disk array

3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide

Displaying advance details

Selecting Shift-F5will show the software versions (BIOS, Firm- ware, monitor) and slot # of the 3ware card (see Fig u re6). Press Escape to return to the main 3ware Disk Array Configuration screen.

Figure 6. Disk Array Advance Details Screen

Creating a disk array

To create an array, first select the drives to be included by navigat- ing the cursor over each drive and pressing Enter (see Figure 7). An asterisk in the left most column indicates the drive is selected. You may include from two to twelve drives in the array by selecting drives from the Available Drives section. To include drives that are part of an existing disk array you must first delete the array.

3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility

Note: Accelerate keys. Anywhere in the BIOS config- uration screen, if a user hits the corresponding accelerate keys, it immediately highlights the appropriate button:

Alt-C for "Create Array" Alt-D for "Delete Array" Alt-M for "Maintain Array" Alt-R for "Rebuild Array"

Figure 7. Selecting Drives for a Mirrored Array

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