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RAID Management

4-11

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4.11 RAID Management

RAID management is provided by software utilities that manage and
configure the RAID system and MegaRAID SCSI 320-2, create and
manage multiple disk arrays, control and monitor multiple RAID servers,
provide error statistics logging, and provide online maintenance. They
include:

MegaRAID BIOS Configuration Utility

WebBIOS Configuration Utility

Power Console Plus

MegaRAID Manager

4.11.1 MegaRAID BIOS Configuration Utility

The BIOS Configuration Utility (<Ctrl><M>) is used to configure and
maintain RAID arrays, format hard drives, and manage the RAID system.
It is independent of any operating system. See the MegaRAID
Configuration Software Guide
for additional information.

4.11.2 WebBIOS Configuration Utility

The WebBIOS Configuration Utility is an HTML-based utility used to
configure and maintain RAID arrays, format hard drives, and manage the
RAID system. It is independent of any operating system. See the
MegaRAID Configuration Software Guide for additional information.

Multi-threading

Up to 255 simultaneous commands with elevator sorting
and concatenation of requests per SCSI channel

Stripe size

Variable for all logical drives: 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, or
128 Kbytes

Rebuild

Multiple rebuilds and consistency checks, with user-
definable priority

Table 4.7

SCSI Firmware (Cont.)

Feature

Description

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