Toshiba Magnia 560S - Manual (Page 109)

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Introduction
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WebBIOS Configuration Utility
The MegaRAID WebBIOS Configuration Utility is an HTML utility that you can run
by pressing <Ctrl><H> when the computer boots. Use the WebBIOS Configuration
Utility to perform the same functions as the BIOS Configuration Utility described
above.
Power Console Plus
Power Console Plus provides on-the-fly RAID migration, creating almost limitless
adaptability and expansion of any logical drive while the system remains operational.
Power Console Plus is an object-oriented GUI utility that configures and monitors
RAID systems locally or over a network with several servers. Power Console Plus can
be executed from any workstation. Power Console Plus allows you to control and
monitor the status of hard disk drives, tape drives, and CD-ROM drives. Use Power
Console Plus to: choose a configuration method, designate drives as hot spares, create
logical arrays, define and initialize logical drives, and rebuild failed disk drives.
Power Console Plus can:
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Add drives to any OPTIMAL RAID logical drive
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Change RAID 0 to RAID 1 or RAID 5 by adding one or more physical drives
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Change RAID 1 or RAID 5 to RAID 0 by removing a physical drive
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Change the logical drive policy
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Re-stripe logical drives
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Change from a DEGRADED redundant logical drive to an OPTIMAL RAID 0
logical drive
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Remove any physical drive from a logical drive
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Change a RAID 1 or 5 logical drive to a RAID 0 logical drive
Operating System Drivers
The MegaRAID PCI SCSI Disk Array RAID Controller is installed in any IBM
AT®-compatible computer with a PCI local bus. MegaRAID can operate under MS-
DOS® or any DOS-compatible operating system using the standard AT BIOS INT 13h
Hard Disk Drive interface.
To operate with other operating systems, you must install software drivers. MegaRAID
provides software drivers for most common operating systems. Read the MegaRAID
Operating System Driver Installation Guide for complete information about all
MegaRAID operating system drivers.