Uefi Mode; Use The Command Line To Create A Bootable Virtual Disk - AMD NVMe/SATA RAID Quick Start Manual

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a. Use the arrow keys to select Array Size, then press Enter.
b. The Array size defaults to the Maximum size allowed by the number of physical disks
and RAID level selected. If you want a smaller size Array size, enter the desired value.
c. Press Enter when the desired size is reached.
7. Use the arrow keys to select Cache Tag Size.
a. Any Array with only HDD/SSD has the default CTS of 64 k.
b. Any Array with only NVMe or NVMe with HDD/SSD has the default CTS of 256 k.
8. Use the arrow keys to select Read Cache Policy, then press Enter.
a. Select the desired Read Cache Policy, then press Enter.
9. Use the arrow keys to select Write Cache Policy, then press Enter.
a. Select the desired Write Cache Policy, then press Enter.
b. Use the arrow keys to select Create Array, then press Enter.
10. After completion of array creation save and reboot the BIOS.
4.3
4.3.1
1. At the system Power-On Self-Test (POST) screen, press F7 / F12 / ESC (or similar)
to access the UEFI Configuration Utility (aka UEFI Boot Manager).
2. Boot to the EFI Internal shell.
Note: Obtain the rcadm.efi file from your system supplier or motherboard vendor and
copy it onto a UEFI flash drive, in the root directory.
3. Enter fsx: where x is the number of the UEFI Flash Drive.
4. Use rcadm to create the desired Boot Virtual Disk.
Examples:
Note: the user may have to press the page up key to see more of the information.
a. Query the devices connected in the system: (Output displays the UEFI Version, physical
devices and arrays):
rcadm.efi –M -qa
b. Create a RAID1 on disks 2, 3 with a max size available and enables Read/Write Cache
– default cache setting:
rcadm.efi –C –r1 –d 2 3
c. Create a RAID0 on disks 1, 2 with a size of 10 0 Gbs and enables Read Cache:
rcadm.efi –C –r0 –d 1 2 –s 100000 –ca r
d. Create a RAID10 on disks 1, 2, 3, 4 with a size of 125 Gbs and enables Write Cache:
rcadm.efi –C –r10 –d 1 2 3 4 –s 125000 –ca w
Chapter 4

UEFI Mode

Use the Command Line to Create a Bootable Virtual Disk

Create the Bootable Virtual Disk
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