Running The Acu; Using Interactive Mode; Creating An Array With Acu - Adaptec RAID 21610SA Installation And User Manual

Running the ACU

To run the ACU for MS-DOS:
1 Browse to
Dos\Apps\Acu
2 Copy
acu.exe
this disk into your drive.
3 Restart your system.
If you issue the command ACU without any command-line switches,
the ACU displays its main window and waits for your menu
selection (interactive mode). If you include any command-line
switches with the ACU command, ACU processes your command
with no further interaction (command-line or script mode).
The remainder of this chapter explains in detail how to use the
ACU in both interactive and script modes.

Using Interactive Mode

When you issue the ACU command at the MS-DOS prompt without
any command-line switches, the ACU displays its main window
and waits for your menu selection. To select an ACU menu option,
use the ↑ and ↓ keys, and press Enter. In some cases, selecting an
option displays another menu. Press Tab to navigate between the
fields within a dialog box. You can return to the previous menu at
any time by pressing Esc.

Creating an Array with ACU

Before creating arrays, make sure the disks to be used as members
of the array are connected and installed.
Notes
Disks with MS-DOS partitions, disks with no usable space, or
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disks that are uninitialized appear dimmed and cannot be used
for creating a new array.
If necessary, restart your system to ensure that it detects all
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connected drives.
If you need to initialize a device, see
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To create an array, select the drive or drives to be used in the array
and then assign the desired properties to the array.
on the Adaptec installation CD.
onto a bootable MS-DOS floppy disk and insert
page B-16.
DOS Utilities
B-12