MSI X2-109 v1 - Manual (Page 40)

3-6 MegaRAID BIOS Configuration Utility
Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.
Follow these steps to configure a disk array using the New Configuration
or View/Add Configuration option:
1. Select Configuration
→ New Configuration or Configuration→
View/Add Configuration from the Management Menu. If you
selected New Configuration, select Yes to proceed. (This confirms
that you are erasing the existing storage configuration.)
The CU displays an array selection window.
Note: The existing storage configuration will be erased only if you
save the newly created configuration at the end of the
process. It you do not save the new configuration, the CU
will restore the previously existing configuration.
2. Use the arrow keys to select physical drives for the new array.
3. Press the spacebar to add each selected physical drive to the new
array.
When you select a drive, its status changes from READY to ONLIN
A[array number]-[drive number] . For example, ONLIN
A00-01 means array 0, disk drive 1.
4. To create a global hotspare drive, highlight a READY disk drive and
press F4. Then select Yes from the pop-up menu.
Make sure the capacity of the hotspare drive is equal to or larger
than the capacity of the disks in the array and that it is the same type
of drive (SAS or SATA).
Note: The hotspare drive will rebuild a failed drive even if it is
SAS and the failed drive is SATA, or vice versa. After the
rebuild is completed, however, LSI recommends that you
replace the new array member with a drive of the same
type.
5. To define multiple arrays, select all the drives you want for the first
array, then press Enter to start selecting drives for the second array,
and so on.
6. When you have selected drives for all desired arrays, press F10.
7. Press the spacebar to select an array, if needed.
8. Highlight RAID and press Enter.