HP Workstation xw8000 - Manual (Page 17)

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Using Adaptec RAID
Configuration
In this Chapter
The Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility (ARC) is an embedded
BIOS utility that includes an Array Configuration Utility (ACU)
that allows the creation, configuration, and management of arrays.
Also included are SCSISelect which supports changing SCSI device
and controller settings, and Disk Utilities to low-level format or
verify disk media.
Adaptec also provides a standalone utility to create, configure, and
manage arrays from an MS-DOS prompt. This utility is called
Array Configuration Utility (ACU) for MS-DOS and it is described
in the Adaptec SCSI RAID Software Reference Guide. This chapter
describes only the functionality of the BIOS-based ACU.
To run ARC, when prompted by the following message during the
system boot process press Ctrl+A :
Press <Ctrl><A> for Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility
Using the Array Configuration Utility 2-2
Using the SCSISelect Utility 2-10
Using the Controller Configuration Utility 2-11
Using the SCSI Configuration Utility 2-13
Using the Disk Utilities 2-15
Viewing the Event Log 2-16
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