AOC-USAS-L8i Add-on Card User’s Manual
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Starting the MegaRAID BIOS CU
Follow these steps to start the MegaRAID BIOS CU:
1. During boot-up, wait for the following message to appear on the screen:
Press Ctrl-M to run LSI Software RAID Setup Utility
2. When you see this message, hold down the CTRL key while pressing the M-KEY.
The RAID CONFIGURATION UTILITY MANAGEMENT MENU screen appears, as shown in
Figure4-1.
Using Easy Configuration
When you select the Easy Configuration Option, the CU creates one or more arrays
from the available physical drives and configures each array as a single virtual drive. If
virtual drives have already been configured, the CU does not change their configuration.
Follow the steps below to create a virtual drive using EASY CONFIGURATION:
1. Select CONFIGURATION J EASY CONFIGURATION from the MANAGEMENT menu.
A list of available (READY) physical drives appears.
Figure 4-1. RAID Configuration Utility Management Menu Screen