Intel® Server RAID Controller U3-1 User’s Manual Rev 1.0 2-19
Advanced Installation Steps
2.4 Advanced RAID Configuration Utility
2.4.1 Introduction
Advanced RAID Configuration Utility (RCU) is a pre-OS DOS based utility used to create
multiple volumes. Advanced RCU is an alternative to the RCU, which can only create more one
RAID volume at a time. However, the RCU must be used to select the boot device. See
Section 2.3.4 for more information on selecting a boot device.
The Advanced RCU interface is organized exactly as the Storage Console graphical user interface
but without the menu. For a full description of Advanced RCU functionality and its use see
Section 4.3.4, Intel® Integrated RAID Storage Console. (The Storage Console is the browser-
based version of the Advanced RCU.)
Use Advanced RCU to:
• Create and configure more than one RAID volume
• Select specific drives to be part of a RAID volume
• Display Volume information
• Delete a RAID Volume
• Reset an Entire RAID Configuration
• Display Help Text
• Format disks
• Pass-through disks to OS
• Add disks to the server
2.4.2 Keyboard Navigation
2.4.3 How to Invoke Advanced RCU
1. Boot the server from the Intel® Integrated RAID CD-ROM.
2. At the ROM-DOS menu select option 3, Advanced RCU.
3. Select the Adapter to be configured. (See Figure 2-17.) They are listed in the order they are
found in the system.
4. Follow the prompts (press Enter 3 times) to continue to the Advanced RCU Main menu.
Table 2-3. Advanced RCU Keyboard Commands
Command Functionality
Arrow Key Right Follow a link
Arrow Key Left Go Back
Arrow Key Down Move down (within a screen)
Arrow Key Up Move up (within a screen)
Enter Select or submit an action
