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.

Auto Configuration and Redundancy

This mode automatically creates an optimal RAID 1 or RAID 5 configuration, providing data redundancy.

Auto Configuration without Redundancy

This mode automatically created a non-redundant RAID 0 configuration.

5.Click Next to continue.

Viewing and changing adapter properties

You can view information for one LSI SAS adapter at a time. If your system has multiple LSI SAS adapters, you can view information for a different adapter, click Adapter Selection on the main view. To view the properties for the currently selected adapter, click Adapter Properties on the main WebBIOS screen.

Viewing and changing virtual disk properties

On the WebBIOS main screen, select a virtual disk from the list and click Virtual Disk.

The Properties panel displays the RAID level, state, size, and stripe size.

The Policies panel lists the virtual disk policies that were defined when the storage configuration was created. To change any of these policies, select a policy from the menu and click Change. The Operations panel lists operations that can be performed on the virtual disk. Select the operation and click Go. Then choose from the following operations:

vSelect Del to delete this virtual disk.

vSelect Locate and the LEDs flash on the physical drives used by this virtual disk.

vSelect Fast or Slow to initialize this virtual disk.

Attention: Before you run an initialization, back up any data on the virtual disk that you want to save. All data on the virtual disk is lost when you initialize it.

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