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PERC 3 BIOS Configuration Utility 159
Check Consistency Menu
Choose Check Consistency to verify the redundancy data in logical drives
that use RAID levels 1, 5, 10, and 50.
The parameters of the existing logical drives appear. Discrepancies are
automatically corrected, assuming always that the data is correct. However, if
the failure is a read error on a data drive, the bad data block is reassigned
with the generated data.
Perform the following steps to run a consistency check:
1 Select Check Consistency on the Management Menu.
The currently configured logical drives display.
2 Press the arrow keys to choose the desired logical drives.
3 Press the spacebar to select or deselect a drive for consistency
checking.
4 Press <F2> to select or deselect all the logical drives.
5 Press <F10> to begin the consistency check.
A progress indicator for each selected logical drive displays.
6 When the check is finished, press any key to clear the progress display.
Press <Esc> to display the Management Menu.
(To check an individual drive, you can select Objects—> Logical
Drives, the desired logical drive(s), and Check Consistency on the
action menu.)
Configuring Arrays and Logical Drives
You can configure physical arrays and logical drives with the BIOS
Configuration Utility using:
• Easy Configuration
• New Configuration
• View/Add Configuration
Each configuration method requires a different level of user input. The
general flow of operations for array and logical drive configuration is: