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Creating a RAID 1 volume
1After rebooting the server, press Ctrl+E to enter the SATA RAID Configuration screen. The Management menu appears.
2Select Configuration. The Configuration menu appears.
3Select New Configuration, then select YES. An array selection window displays the devices connected to the current controller.
4Use the arrow keys to select a specific drive, then press the spacebar to associate the selected drive with the current array.
In the menu, the selected drive’s indicator will change from READY to ONLINE A[array
For example ONLINE
5Add two drives to the current array, then press Enter.
6To select an array to configure, press Enter.
7Press F10 to configure the logical drives. The default RAID level for 2 disk drives is RAID 1.
8Select Accept to use t he default setting, then press Enter. The Array Selection menu appears.
9Press Enter again to end the array configuration.
10Select YES to Save Configuration, and press any key to return to the Configuration menu.
Initializing a RAID volume
1Press Esc to return to the Management menu.
2Select Initialize. All logical drives will appear under Logical Drives.
3Using the spacebar, select the drive that you want to initialize. The selected drive becomes yellow.
4Press F10, then select YES to start initialization.
5When initialization is complete, press any key to continue.
6Press Esc to return to the Management menu.
7To exit the utility and reboot the server, follow the steps below:
(a)In the Management menu, press Esc.
(b)Select YES.
