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After entering the LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility program, you can see the Management Menu on
the screen. The Management Menu contains the following menu items:
• Configure
This menu contains items to help you create a RAID array, view the current RAID configuration, add a
RAID array, delete an existing RAID array, and select a boot virtual drive.
• Initialize
This menu helps you initialize virtual drives.
Note: Initializing a virtual drive erases all data on the virtual drive. Back up any data you want to keep and
ensure that the operating system is not installed on the virtual drive before the initialization.
• Objects
This menu helps you configure parameters for the RAID controller, the virtual drives, and the physical
drives.
• Rebuild
This menu helps you rebuild a physical drive in a RAID array in the event of a physical drive failure.
You can choose to rebuild the data on the failing drive if the drive is still operational. If the drive is not
operational, it must be replaced and the data on the failing drive must be rebuilt on a new drive to restore
the system to fault tolerance.
• Check Consistency
This menu helps you do consistency check for the virtual drives. The consistency check verifies the
correctness of the data on virtual drives that use RAID 1, 5, and 10.
The following table shows the various menus and items in the LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility
program. On each menu, press the Enter key to show selectable options and select a desired option by
using up and down arrow keys or type desired values from the keyboard directly.
Table 3. LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility program menu items
Menu item Submenu item Comments
Easy Configuration Create physical arrays. An array will
automatically become a virtual drive.
New Configuration Clear the existing configuration and
start a new configuration.
View/Add Configuration View the existing configuration or add a
configuration.
Clear Configuration Clear the existing configuration.
Configure
Select Boot Drive Select a boot virtual drive.
Initialize Varies by configuration. Initialize virtual drives.
Adapter Set adapter-related parameters, such
as rebuild rate, consistency check rate,
and auto-rebuild.
Virtual Drive Set virtual drive parameters.
Objects
Physical Drive Set physical drive parameters, such as
creating a hot-spare drive for the virtual
drive, making a failing drive as online,
changing a drive state, and viewing the
specifications of a physical drive.
Rebuild Varies by configuration. Rebuild physical drives.
Check Consistency Varies by configuration. Check consistency of virtual drives.
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