Preparing Hard Drives For Video Recording; Configuring Hard Drives; Formatting Hard Drives - Bosch DIVAR IP all-in-one 7000 3U Installation Manual

DIVAR IP all-in-one 7000 (3U)
5.4

Preparing hard drives for video recording

Systems that come pre-equipped with hard drives from factory are ready to record out-of-the-
box.
Hard drives that have been added to an empty system need to be prepared before using them
for video recording.
To prepare the hard drives for video recording, you have to perform following steps:
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5.4.1

Configuring hard drives

To configure hard drives that have been added to an empty system, you have to use the RAID
setup utility.
To configure the hard drive using RAID BIOS:
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5.4.2

Formatting hard drives

To format a hard drive you have following options:
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Executing the formatting script
To execute the formatting script, you have to logon to the administrator account (BVRAdmin).
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Notice!
Formatting a hard drive deletes all existing data on the hard drive.
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Configuring hard drives, page 25 .
Formatting hard drives, page 25 .
Install all hard drives.
Turn on the system and press Ctrl+R when MegaRAID Configuration Utility is displayed
on the screen. The display appears before Windows starts.
In the MegaRAID Configuration Utility program, select Create Virtual Drive.
Apply the following settings:
– RAID Level: RAID-5
– Under Advanced settings:
Strip Size: 64KB
Write Policy: Write Back
Note: All other settings remain unchanged.
Select all hard drives that are part of the RAID group.
Start the virtual drive initialization.
Exit the MegaRAID Configuration Utility program.
Perform a complete system recovery (Initial Factory Setup).
Recovering the unit, page 46
Performing the initial factory setup: see Recovering the unit, page 46 .
Executing the formatting script.
Boot the system.
On the BVMS default screen, press CTRL+ALT+DEL.
Hold SHIFT, click Switch User and keep SHIFT pressed for about five seconds.
Enter administrator user name and password.
On the Desktop, in the Tools folder, right-click the Format_data_hard_drives script, and
then click Run as administrator.
Follow the instructions.
After formatting you can add the storage to the video management configuration.
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