MS-7374 Mainboard
Using the Storage Page
From the Storage page, you can accomplish the following tasks:
•Create an Array
•Delete an Array
•Rebuild an Array
•Synchronize an Array
•Designate a Spare Disk
•Remove a Spare
•Migrate an Array
•View Storage Information
Create an Array
This option is available only if there are free disks that are
Click Create array to start the Create Array Wizard and then follow the instructions. You can press F1 to access the online help that walks you through the Wizard with
Delete an Array
This option is available only if RAID arrays have been created.
Click Delete array to start the Delete Array Wizard and then follow instructions. You can press F1 to access the online help that walks you through the Wizard with
Rebuild an Array
About Rebuilding
Rebuilding is the process of restoring data to a hard drive from other drives in the array. For example, if you have a three disk RAID 5 array and one of the drives fails, you will need to replace the failed drive with a new one, and rebuild the array to re- generate the lost data on the newly added drive.
Rebuilding applies only to
Instructions
Click Rebuild array to start the Rebuild Create Array Wizard and then follow the instructions.
You can press F1 to access the online help that walks you through the Wizard with
The rebuilding process takes some time to complete, and occurs in the background so as not to affect the performance of the system.
Synchronize an Array
Synchronizing an array will force a rebuild of redundancy or parity. The operation applies to any
Click Synchronize array to start the Synchronize Array Wizard and then follow instructions.
You can press F1 to access the online help that walks you through the Wizard with
