Creating An Ime Volume; Figure 11. Create New Array Screen - Intel SC5650BCDP Software User's Manual

8. When the volume has been fully configured, press <C> and select Save Changes.
Then exit this menu to commit the changes.
The LSI MPT SAS BIOS Configuration Utility* pauses while the array is created.

Creating an IME Volume

To create an IME volume with the LSI MPT* SAS BIOS Configuration Utility, follow
these steps:
1. On the Adapter List screen, use the arrow keys to select an Intel
Controller.
2. Press <Enter> to load the Adapter Properties screen, shown in
3. On the Adapter Properties screen, use the arrow keys to select RAID Properties on
the screen and press <Enter>.
4. When prompted to select a volume type, choose Create IME Volume.
The Create New Array screen shows a list of disks that can be added to a volume.
5. Move the cursor to the RAID Disk column and select a disk. To add the disk to the
volume, change the No to Yes by pressing the <+> or <-> keys, or the space bar.
6. Repeat this step to select a total of three to ten disks for the volume.
All existing data on all the disks you select will be overwritten. As you add disks,
the Array Size field changes to reflect the size of the new volume.
7. [Optional] Add one or two global hot spares to the volume by moving the cursor to
the hot spare column and pressing the <+> or <-> keys, or the space bar.
8. When the volume has been fully configured, press <C> and then select Save
changes. Exit the menu to commit the changes.
The utility pauses while the array is created.
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Figure 11. Create New Array Screen

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