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Figure 3.2 The Array Configuration Utility Main Menu
To Create Arrays
(*Note: Make sure that the disks you want to use for the arrays are connected to your system and are initialized. A disk shown in the gray area is not initialized and cannot be used for an array. Please refer to the section "Initializing Disk Drives" for disk initialization.)
1.Turn on your computer. When prompted, press <Ctrl> and <A> to access the Adaptec RAID Utility.
2.From the RAID Confi guration menu (Figure 3.1), select "Array Confi guration
Utility" and press <Enter>. The Array Confi guration Utility Main Menu (Figure
3.2) will display.
3.Select "Create Array" and hit <Enter> as shown above. The Create Array submenu will display as shown on the next page: