Viewing array properties, Making an array bootable – Adaptec SATA AND SCSI RAID CONTROLLERS User Manual

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Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility (ARC)

Viewing Array Properties

To view the properties of an existing array:

1

From the ACU main menu, select Manage Arrays.

2

From the List of Arrays dialog box, select the array you want to
view, then press Enter.

To view properties related to the array’s physical disks:

– RAID 0, 1, 5 (Single-Level Arrays)—View the Array

Properties dialog box.

– RAID 10, 50 (Dual-Level Arrays)—Highlight the array

member you want to view, then press Enter to display the
second level. Press Enter again to display the physical disks
associated with the array.

Note:

Failed drives are displayed in a different text color.

3

Press Esc to return to the previous menu.

Making an Array Bootable

Notes:

■

If the controller is not a boot device, you can disable its
runtime BIOS. (For details, see the table on

page A-10

.) When

the BIOS is disabled, it does not occupy any of the expansion
ROM region of the system’s memory map. In a system with
several expansion ROMs, disabling the BIOS may be helpful.

■

The controller always uses the lowest numbered array as its
bootable array. If you delete Array 00, the next lowest
numbered array becomes the bootable array.

■

You cannot make a non-00 array bootable while the array
is in a build/verify or rebuild process.

■

You may need to change the system BIOS to modify the
boot order. For more information, refer to the system
documentation.

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