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Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility menu choices
The following choices are on the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility menu:
v Array Configuration Utility
Select this choice to create, manage, or delete arrays, or to initialize drives.
v SerialSelect Utility
Select this choice to configure the controller interface definitions or to configure
the physical transfer and SAS address of the selected drive.
v Disk Utilities
Select this choice to format a disk or verify the disk media. Select a device from
the list and read the instructions on the screen carefully before you make a
selection.
Creating a RAID array
To create a RAID array, complete the following steps:
1. Start the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility program.
2. Select Array Configuration Utility.
3. From the Main menu, select Create Array.
Note: Hard disk drives in an array can have different capacities, but the RAID
controller treats them as if they all have the capacity of the smallest hard disk
drive.
4. From the list of available drives, select the drives that you want to include in the
array and press Enter.
5. From the list of available RAID levels, select the one that you want to use.
6. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the configuration; then, select
Done to exit.
7. Restart the server.
Viewing the array configuration
To view information about the RAID array, complete the following steps:
1. Start the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility program.
2. Select Array Configuration Utility.
3. From the Main menu, select Manage Arrays.
4. Select an array and press Enter.
5. To exit from the program, press Esc.
Using ServeRAID Manager
Use ServeRAID Manager, which is on the IBM ServeRAID Support CD, to:
v Configure a redundant array of independent disks (RAID) array
v Restore a SAS hard disk drive to the factory-default settings, erasing all data
from the disk
v View your RAID configuration and associated devices
v Monitor the operation of your RAID controller
To
perform some tasks, you can run ServeRAID Manager as an installed program.
However, to configure the SAS and RAID controllers and perform an initial RAID
configuration on the server, you must run ServeRAID Manager in Startable CD
mode, as described in the instructions in this section. If you install a different type of
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