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4. When you see the message “Press Ctrl-M or Enter to run LSI Software RAID Setup Utility,” immediately
press Ctrl+M or Enter to start the LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility program.
LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility program interface
This topic provides information about the menus and items in the LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility
program. Depending on the version of the program, some menu or item information might differ slightly from
the information in this topic.
When working with the LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility program, you must use the keyboard.
The keys used to perform various tasks are displayed on the bottom of each screen. Use up and down
arrow keys to navigate between items. For most items, the corresponding help message is displayed
on the bottom of the screen when the item is selected. If the item has submenus, you can display the
submenus by pressing Enter.
After entering the LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility program, you can see the Management Menu on
the screen. The Management Menu contains the following menu items:
• Congure
This menu contains items to help you create a RAID array, view the current RAID conguration, add a new
array, delete an existing array, or select a boot virtual drive.
• Initialize
This menu helps you initialize virtual drive(s).
Note: Initializing a virtual drive erases all data on the virtual drive. Back up any data you want to keep and
ensure the operating system is not installed on the virtual drive before the initialization.
• Objects
This menu helps you congure parameters for the RAID adapter or controller, the virtual drive(s), and the
physical drive(s).
• Rebuild
This menu helps you rebuild a physical drive in an array in the event of a physical drive failure. You can
choose to rebuild the data on the failing drive if the drive is still operational. If the drive is not operational,
it must be replaced and the data on the failing drive must be rebuilt on a new drive to restore the system
to fault tolerance. If hot-spare drives are available, the failing drive might be rebuilt automatically without
any user intervention.
• Check Consistency
This menu helps you do consistency check for the virtual drive(s). The consistency check veries the
correctness of the data on virtual drive(s) that use RAID 1, 5, and 10.
The following table shows the various menus and items in the LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility
program. On each menu, press the Enter key to show selectable options and select a desired option by
using up and down arrow keys or type desired values from the keyboard directly.
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