Displaying Advance Details; Creating A Disk Array; Figure 6. Disk Array Advance Details Screen; Figure 7. Selecting Drives For A Mirrored Array - 3Ware Escalade 7000 Series Installation Manual

3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide

Displaying advance details

Selecting Shift-F5 will show the software versions (BIOS, Firm-
ware, monitor) and slot # of the 3ware card (see Fig u re6). Press
Escape to return to the main 3ware Disk Array Configuration
screen.

Figure 6. Disk Array Advance Details Screen

Creating a disk array

To create an array, first select the drives to be included by navigat-
ing the cursor over each drive and pressing Enter (see Figure 7).
An asterisk in the left most column indicates the drive is selected.
You may include from two to twelve drives in the array by selecting
drives from the Available Drives section. To include drives that are
part of an existing disk array you must first delete the array.
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Note:
Accelerate keys. Anywhere in the BIOS config-
uration screen, if a user hits the corresponding accelerate
keys, it immediately highlights the appropriate button:
Alt-C for "Create Array"
Alt-D for "Delete Array"
Alt-M for "Maintain Array"
Alt-R for "Rebuild Array"

Figure 7. Selecting Drives for a Mirrored Array

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