Check Consistency Menu

Choose Check Consistency to verify the redundancy data in logical drives that use RAID levels 1, 5, 10, and 50.

The parameters of the existing logical drives appear. Discrepancies are automatically corrected, assuming always that the data is correct. However, if the failure is a read error on a data drive, the bad data block is reassigned with the generated data.

Perform the following steps to run a consistency check:

1Select Check Consistency on the Management Menu. The currently configured logical drives display.

2Press the arrow keys to choose the desired logical drives.

3Press the spacebar to select or deselect a drive for consistency checking.

4Press <F2> to select or deselect all the logical drives.

5Press <F10> to begin the consistency check.

A progress indicator for each selected logical drive displays.

6When the check is finished, press any key to clear the progress display. Press <Esc> to display the Management Menu.

(To check an individual drive, you can select Objects—>Logical Drives, the desired logical drive(s), and Check Consistency on the action menu.)

Configuring Arrays and Logical Drives

You can configure physical arrays and logical drives with the BIOS Configuration Utility using:

Easy Configuration

New Configuration

View/Add Configuration

Each configuration method requires a different level of user input. The general flow of operations for array and logical drive configuration is:

PERC 3 BIOS Configuration Utility

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