AOC-USAS-L8i Add-on Card User’s Manual
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4. Highlight RAID and press ENTER.
The available RAID levels for the current virtual drive are displayed.
5. Select a RAID level for the virtual drive and press ENTER.
6. (Optional) Change the drive’s default Write Cache and Read Ahead policies (see
Section4-3: "Setting the Hard Disk Write Cache and Read Ahead Policies" on
page4-8).
7. When you have finished defining the current virtual drive, select ACCEPT and press
ENTER.
8. Save the configuration when prompted, and press any key to return to the
MANAGEMENT menu.
13. Initialize the new virtual drive(s) (see "Initializing Virtual Drives" on page 4-6 for
detailed instructions.)
Using New Configuration and View/Add Configuration
When you select the NEW CONFIGURATION menu option, the CU deletes the existing
arrays and virtual drives and replaces them with the new configuration that you specify.
The VIEW/ADD CONFIGURATION menu option lets you view the existing configuration or
add to the existing configuration, if possible.
Follow these steps to configure a disk array using the NEW CONFIGURATION or VIEW/ADD
CONFIGURATION option:
1. SELECT CONFIGURATION J NEW CONFIGURATION or CONFIGURATION→ VIEW/ADD
CONFIGURATION from the MANAGEMENT menu.
If you selected NEW CONFIGURATION, select YES to proceed and confirm that you are
erasing the existing storage configuration.
The CU displays an array selection window.
2. Use the arrow keys to select physical drives for the new array.
3. Press the SPACEBAR to add each selected physical drive to the new array.
When you select a drive, its status changes from READY to ONLIN A[array number]
- [drive number]. For example, ONLIN A00-01 means array 0, disk drive 1.
WARNING: If you want to keep the existing data on the storage configuration,
use VIEW/ADD CONFIGURATION instead of NEW CONFIGURATION.
NOTE: The existing storage configuration will be erased only if you save the
newly created configuration at the end of the process. It you do not save the
new configuration, the CU will restore the previously existing configuration.