Adapter Properties
From this view, you can display and modify the properties of the SAS adapter that is currently selected.
Scan Devices
From this view, you can
Virtual Disks
From this view, you can display and modify the virtual disk properties, delete virtual disks, initialize disks, and perform other tasks.
Physical Drives
From this view, you can view the physical drive properties, create hot spare disks, and perform other tasks.
Configuration Wizard
Select this to start the Configuration Wizard and create a new storage configuration, clear a configuration, or add a new configuration.
Adapter Selection
From this view, you can select a different SAS adapter. Then, you can view information about the adapter and the drives connected to it, or create a new configuration for the adapter.
Physical View or Logical View
Select this to toggle between the Physical View and Logical View.
Events
From this view, you can display the system events in the Event Information page.
Exit Select this to exit the WebBIOS utility and continue with the system boot.
Creating a storage configuration using the Configuration Wizard
Follow these steps to start create a storage configuration:
1.Click Configuration Wizard to start the wizard.
2.Select a configuration option:
Attention: If you select Clear Configuration or New Configuration, all existing data in the configuration is deleted. Make a backup copy of any data that you want to keep before selecting these options.
Clear Configuration
Clears the existing configuration.
New Configuration
Clears the existing configuration and lets you create a new configuration.
Add Configuration
Retains the existing storage configuration and adds new drives to it (this does not cause any data loss).
3.Click Next.
4.Select a configuration mode from the following options:
Custom Configuration
In this mode, you can control all attributes of the new storage configuration.
Chapter 6. Configuring the server 113
