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System Configuration Setup

Configuring MegaRAID IDE

Bootable

This determines which of the configured arrays should be used for booting the system when MegaRAID IDE is selected as the boot device. The options are Yes or No.

BOOT OPTION

YES

NO

You can select the boot device from the system BIOS setup. Only one array is allowed to be bootable in a system.

Drive Size

This field cannot be edited. It displays the size of the array. When the array type is stripe, the drive size is the total of all the drives selected (one or more drives.) When mirror, drive size is shown by individual drive, and when spare pool, drive size shows the total drive capacity.

Build Array

The Build Array option is valid for RAID 1 (Mirror) only. It is used to rebuild the array using a drive from the SPARE POOL. When Build Array starts, it will prompt the user to select the target drive. It does this because both drives can be still online. Once the target drive is selected, the rebuild will start.

NOTE: A drive Rebuild can take a long time depending on the size of the drive. A 2 GB (UDMA 5) drive takes two minutes to rebuild when DMA mode is enabled.