Appendix A: Server management tools
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Assigning Hot Spare drive
The Intel onboard SATA RAID Configuration Utility in POST does not
provide the function to assign a hot spare driver. Please assign a hot spare
driver with Intel onboard SATA RAID utility installed in the operating
system.
Adaptec onboard SATA RAID Creation
Configuring Adaptec onboard SATA RAID
This section explains briefly how to create a RAID volume with the Adaptec
onboard SATA RAID.
Enabling the Adaptec onboard SATA RAID controller
1 Turn on the server and the display monitor. If the server is already
turned on, please close all open applications and then restart the
server.
2 During POST, press <F2> to access the BIOS Setup Utility.
3 Select the Advanced > IDE/SATA Configuration submenu.
4 Change the setting of the Configure SATA#1 as field from IDE to
RAID.
5Select Adaptec of ICH Raid CodeBase option.
6 Press <F10>.
7Select Ok to save the setting and close the Setup Utility.
Entering Adaptec onboard SATA RAID Configuration Utility
To start the Adaptec onboard SATA RAID Configuration Utility, please
press <CTRL> + <A> when you see the RAID BIOS during POST. After
POST finished, the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility will display on the
screen.
Creating RAID Volume
1 Select the Array Configuration Utility option.
2Select Create Array.
3 The screen displays Select drives to create Array.
4 Select the desired hard drive disk and then press <INS> to add it in
Selected Drives area.
5 Press <Enter> to complete the selection.
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