3.Select your desired method of configuration.

Auto configuration

a.Select Auto Configuration then press <Enter>.

b.The utility prompts a message to input the RAID size, use the up or down arrow keys to set the RAID size then press <Enter>.

c.Press <Y> to confirm or <N> to return to the Main Menu.

Auto-configuration creates a RAID 1 set without a backup copy of

the current source disk data.

When migrating a single hard disk drive to a RAID 1 set, use of the Manual configuration is recommended.

Manual configuration

a.

Select Manual

 

 

PHYSICAL DRIVE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

XXXXXXXXXXX

XXXXXXMB

 

 

 

configuration and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

XXXXXXXXXXX

XXXXXXMB

 

 

 

press <Enter>. The

 

2

XXXXXXXXXXX

XXXXXXMB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

selectionbar moves to

 

3

XXXXXXXXXXX

XXXXXXMB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the Physical Drives menu.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

b.

Using the up or down

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

arrow keys, select the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

source drIive and press

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

<Enter>.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c.

Repeat step b to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MAIN MENU

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

select the target

 

 

Auto configuration

 

 

 

 

 

drive.

 

 

Manual configuration

 

 

 

 

 

d.

After selecting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Create with data copy

 

 

 

the source and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Create without data copy

 

 

 

target drives, the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

following pop-up

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

menu appears.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Create with data copy option allows you to copy the

current data from the source drive to the mirror drive.

Select Create with data copy if you have important data in your source drive.

The Create without data copy option disables the disk copy function of the Mirrored set.

If you selected Create without data copy, the RAID 1 set must be repartitioned and reformatted to guarantee the consistency of its contents.

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