BIOS CONFIGURATION
volume sets will reside on all physical disks in the RAID set. Thus each volume set on the RAID set will have its data spread evenly across all the disks in the RAID set rather than one volume set using some of the available disks and another volume set using other disks.
3.7.3.1 Create Volume Set
1.Volume sets of different RAID levels may coexist on the same raid set.
2.Up to 16 volume sets in a RAID set can be created by the SATA RAID controller.
3.The maximum addressable size of a single volume set is not limited to 2 TB as with other cards that support only
To create a volume set, follow the following steps:
1.Select the “Volume Set Function” from the Main menu.
2.Choose the “Create Volume Set” from “Volume Set Functions” dialog box screen.
Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller, F10: Reboot System
Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller
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Quick Volume/RaidSet FunctionSetup |
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Raid Set Function |
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Create Volume Set |
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Delete Volume Set |
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Physical Drives | Raid Set | # | 00 |
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Raid System |
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Ethernet Configuration |
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StopVolume Check |
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View System Events |
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Display Volume Info. |
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Clear Event Buffer |
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Hardware Monitor |
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System information |
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ArrowKey Or AZ:Move Cursor, Enter: Select, ESC: Escape, L:Line Draw, X: Redraw
3.The “Create Volume From RAID Set” dialog box appears. This screen displays the existing arranged RAID sets. Select the RAID set number and press the Enter key. The “Volume Creation” dialogue is displayed in the screen.
4.A window with a summary of the current volume set’s set- tings. The “Volume Creation” option allows user to select the volume name, capacity, RAID level, strip size, Disk Info, Cache mode and tag queuing. The user can modify the default val- ues in this screen; the modification procedures are in section
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