Bios configuration – Areca 24/4 Internal/External Port Pcie 3.0 12 Gb/s SAS/SATA Raid Controller 2Gb Cache User Manual

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BIOS CONFIGURATION

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6

An “Edit The Raid Set Name” dialog box appears. Enter 1 to 15 alphanu

-

meric characters to define a unique identifier for this new RAID set. The

default RAID set name will always appear as Raid Set. #. Press Enter key

to finish the name editing.

7

Press the

Enter key when you are finished creating the current RAID set.

To continue defining another RAID set, repeat step 3. To begin volume set

configuration, go to step 8.

8

Choose the “Volume Set Function” from the main menu. Select “Create

Volume Set” and press the

Enter

key.

9

Choose a RAID set from the “Create Volume From Raid Set” window.

Press the

Yes key to confirm the selection.

10

Choosing Foreground (Fast Completion) Press

Enter key to define fast

initialization or selected the Background (Instant Available) or No Init

(To Rescue Volume). In the “Background Initialization”, the initialization

proceeds as a background task, the volume set is fully accessible for

system reads and writes. The operating system can instantly access

to the newly created arrays without requiring a reboot and waiting the

initialization complete. In “Foreground Initialization”, the initialization

proceeds must be completed before the volume set ready for system

accesses. In “No Init”, there is no initialization on this volume.

11

If space remains in the RAID set, the next volume set can be configured.

Repeat steps 8 to 10 to configure another volume set.

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