BIOS CONFIGURATION
3The capacity for the current volume set is entered after highlighting the desired RAID level and pressing the Enter key.
The capacity for the current volume set is displayed. Use the UP and DOWN arrow keys to set the capacity of the volume set and press the Enter key to confirm. The available stripe sizes for the current volume set are then displayed.
4Use the UP and DOWN arrow keys to select the current volume set stripe size and press the Enter key to confirm. This parameter specifies the size of the stripes written to each disk in a RAID 0, 1, 5 or 6 Volume Set. You can set the stripe size to 4 KB, 8 KB, 16 KB, 32 KB, 64 KB, or 128 KB. A larger stripe size provides better read performance, especially when the computer preforms mostly sequential reads. However, if the computer preforms random read requests more often, choose a smaller stripe size.
5When you are finished defining the volume set, press the Enter key to confirm the Quick Volume And Raid Set Setup function.
6Foreground (Fast Completion) Press Enter key to define fast initialization or Selected the Background (Instant Available). In the background Ini- tialization, the initialization proceeds as a background task, the volume set is fully accessible for system reads and writes. The operating system can instantly access to the newly created arrays without requiring a reboot and waiting the initialization complete. In Fast Initialization, the initialization proceeds must be completed before the volume set ready for system accesses.
7Initialize the volume set you have just configured.
8If you need to add additional volume set, using main menu Create Vol- ume Set function.
3.6Using RAID Set/Volume Set Function Method
In “Raid Set Function”, you can use the “Create Raid Set Function” to generate a new RAID set. In “Volume Set Function”, you can use the “Create Volume Set function” to generate an associated volume set and and configuration parameters.
If the current controller has unused physical devices connected, you can choose the “Create Hot Spare” option in the “Raid Set Function” to define a global hot spare. Select this method to con- figure new raid sets and volume sets. The “Raid Set/Volume Set Function” configuration option allows you to associate volume sets with partial and full RAID sets.
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