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Creating RAID volumes using the LSI MegaRAID BIOS conguration
utility
This section provides instructions on how to create RAID volumes using the LSI MegaRAID BIOS
conguration utility.
To create RAID volumes using the LSI MegaRAID BIOS conguration utility, do the following:
1. Click Conguration Wizard on the WebBIOS main screen to enter the Choosing the Conguration
Type window.
2. Press the up and down arrow keys to select one of the three conguration types:
• Clear Conguration: Clear the existing conguration.
• New Conguration: Clear the existing conguration and create new conguration.
• Add Conguration: Retain the existing storage conguration and add new hard disk drives. The
new conguration will not cause any data loss.
3. Select Add Conguration, and then click Next. The following two options are displayed in the
Conguration Method window.
• Manual Conguration: Manually create hard disk drive groups and virtual hard disk drives, and
set parameters.
• Automatic Conguration: Automatically create an optimal RAID conguration.
4. Select Manual Conguration, and then click Next. The Drive Group Denition window is displayed. To
create hard disk drive groups, do the following:
a. Select one or more hard disk drives for the group (keep pressing Ctrl while selecting more than
one hard disk drive).
b. Click Add To Array to move the selected hard disk drives to Drive Groups.
c. Click Accept DG to create the hard disk drive group.
d. Repeat the above steps if you want to create more than one hard disk drive group.
5. Click Next. The Span Denition window is displayed. Select the hard disk drive group that you want
to add to a span, and then click Add to SPAN. Repeat this step until you have selected all the hard
disk drive groups you want.
6. Click Next. The Virtual Drive Denition window is displayed. Change the virtual hard disk drive options
from the default settings listed on the screen to the settings you want. Click Accept, and then follow the
instructions on the screen to customize your settings.
7. Click Next, and the Preview window is displayed.
8. Check your settings, and then click Accept.
9. Click Yes to save the conguration.
Deleting RAID volumes using the LSI MegaRAID BIOS conguration
utility
This section provides instructions on how to delete RAID volumes using the LSI MegaRAID BIOS
conguration utility.
To delete RAID volumes using the LSI MegaRAID BIOS conguration utility, do the following:
1. Enter the LSI MegaRAID BIOS conguration utility. See “Entering the LSI MegaRAID BIOS conguration
utility” on page 74.
2. Select the virtual hard disk drives you want to delete, and then the Virtual Drive window is displayed.
3. Click Delete, and then click Go.
Chapter 8. Conguring RAID 75
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