1.As the BIOS boots, press CTRL+S or F4 to enter the raid bios utility.

2.Select Create RAID set. Press F2.

3.Select Mirrored-Striped set then press F3.

4.Select Auto config. Press A.

5.Press Y and then press ESC to exit the setup.

6.Continue with conventional Fdisk and Format steps as if you are installing a conventional hard drive.

7.Your RAID configuration is complete. Please proceed to software installation section.

3.4. Deleting RAID Sets

1.As the BIOS boots, Press CTRL+S or F4 to enter the raid bios utility.

2.Select Delete RAID set. Press Enter.

3.Answer Y to remove the RAID set. If the RAID set being deleted is a Striped set, then all of the data will be lost. If the set being deleted is a Mirrored set, then the data will remain intact and accessible on both drives.

3.5. Rebuilding Mirrored Sets

1.After replacing the failed hard drives boot the BIOS, Press CTRL+S or F4 to enter the raid bios utility.

2.Select rebuilding Mirrored set. Press Enter.

3.Select Online rebuild or Offline rebuild.

4.Answer Y to rebuild the Mirrored set of hard drive.

3.5. Resolving Conflict

When a RAID set is created, the metadata written to the disk includes drive connection information (Primary and Secondary). If, after a disk failure, the replacement disk was previously part of a RAID set (or used in another system), it may have conflicting metadata, specifically in reference to the drive connection information. If so, this will prohibit the RAID set from being either created or rebuilt, In order for the RAID set to function properly, this old metadata must be first overwritten with the new metadata. To resolve this, select Resolve Conflicts, and the correct metadata, including the correct drive connection information, will be written to the replacement disk.

4.Software Installation

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Lindy SATA-150 manual Software Installation, Deleting RAID Sets, Rebuilding Mirrored Sets, Resolving Conflict

SATA-150 specifications

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