Dell 3 - Manual (Page 154)

152 PERC 3 BIOS Configuration Utility
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Configure Menu
Choose Configure to select a method for configuring arrays and logical
drives. Table 11-2 displays the configuration methods, clear configuration
option, and boot drive option.
Objects Select this option to individually access controllers, logical drives,
and physical drives.
Format Select this option to low-level format hard disk drives.
Rebuild Select this option to rebuild failed disk drives.
Check
Consistency
Select this option to verify that the redundancy data in logical
drives using RAID level 1, 5, 10, or 50 is correct.
Select
Adapter
Select this option to list the adapters and select the adapter that
you want to configure. The number of the selected adapter
displays in the top right corner of the screen, along with its mode,
either standard or cluster.
Ta b l e 1 1 - 2 . C o n f i g u r a t i o n M e n u O p t i o n s
Option Description
Easy
Configuration
Select this method to perform a logical drive configuration
where every physical array you define is automatically
associated with exactly one logical drive.
New
Configuration
Select this method to discard the existing configuration
information and to configure new arrays and logical drives. In
addition to providing the basic logical drive configuration
functions, New Configuration allows you to associate logical
drives with multiple arrays (spanning.)
View/Add
Configuration
Select this method to examine the existing configuration
and/or to specify additional arrays and logical drives.
View/Add Configuration provides the same functions
available in New Configuration.
Clear
Configuration
Select this option to erase the current configuration
information from the PERC 3 non-volatile memory.
Specify Boot
Logical Drive
Select this option to specify a logical drive as the boot drive
on this adapter.
Ta b l e 1 1 - 1 . B I O S C o n f i g u r a t i o n U t i l i t y M e n u O p t i o n s
Option Description