HP 6-Port SATA RAID manual Managing arrays, Viewing array properties, Making an array bootable

14.Select the method by which you want the array to be created.

•Build/Verify conducts a background initialization on the array. The array is available immediately, although performance is degraded.

•Quick Init also enables the array to be available immediately, without any ongoing background controller activity.

•Clear conducts a foreground initialization on the array. All blocks in the array are set to zero, and the array is not accessible until the task is complete.

15.Select Done.

The array build starts.

Managing arrays

With the Manage Arrays option, you can:

•View array properties

•Make an array bootable

•Delete an array

•Manage failover drive assignments

The procedures for performing each of these tasks are described in the following sections.

Viewing array properties

To view the properties of an array:

1.From the main menu of the array configuration utility, select Manage Arrays, and then press the Enter key.

2.From the List of Arrays dialog box, select the array that you want to view, and then press the Enter key.

3.To view the properties of the physical drives in the array:

•RAID 0, 1, or 5 (Single-Level Arrays)—View the Array Properties dialog box.

•RAID 10 or 50 (Dual-Level Arrays)—Highlight the array member that you want to view, then press the Enter key to display the second level. Press the Enter key again to display the physical drives associated with the array.

NOTE: Failed drives are displayed in a different text color.

4.Press the Esc key to return to the previous menu.

Making an array bootable

You can make an array bootable so that the system boots from the array instead of a stand-alone (single) drive.

NOTE:

•The controller always uses the lowest numbered array as its bootable array. If you delete Array 00, the next lowest numbered array becomes the bootable array.

•You cannot make a non–00 array bootable while the array is in a build/verify or rebuild process.

1.From the main menu of the array configuration utility, select Manage Arrays, and then press the Enter key.

2.Select the array that you want to make bootable, and then press Ctrl+B.

This changes the number of the selected array to 00, making it the boot array for that controller.

3.Restart the computer.

Deleting an array

CAUTION: When you delete an array, you delete all the data on the array. Before proceeding, back up any data on the array.

1.From the main menu of the array configuration utility, select Manage Arrays, and then press the Enter key.

2.Select the array that you want to delete, and the press the Delete key.

3.In the Array Properties dialog box, press the Delete key again.

Appendix C: Using the RAID Configuration Utility 14