4 creating arrays from the bios, Creating arrays from the bios – Advantech DNS-3200 User Manual

Page 72

Advertising
background image

DNS-3200 User’s Manual

54

To initialize disks from the BIOS:
1.

Turn on your computer to start booting.

2.

When prompted, type <CTRL-R> to access the RAID BIOS Array
Configuration Utility. The RAID Array Configuration menu is
displayed (see “Color Codes for the BIOS Array Config Utility” in
5.2.

3.

Use the arrow keys to select Initialize Disk(s) from the Main
menu.

4.

Press Enter.

5.

Use the arrow keys to highlight a disk, and then press the Insert
key to select the disk or choose all selectable disks by pressing A.

5.4 Creating Arrays from the BIOS

After your disks are initialized, you can create arrays. You can create a
maximum of eight arrays from the BIOS. See “Understanding Arrays” if
you have not yet decided what type of arrays you need.

Note:

You can select multiple disks; there is no need to
initialize one disk at a time.

Advertising