Silicon Image SATA RAID Manual page 20

In the physical connection window, every disk should report as:
Basic
Disk Size (the actual available disk space will be reported here)
Online
Instead of "Basic," a disk may also report as either "Unknown" or "Dynamic." If the disk reports as "Unknown" right-click on
the disk icon and click "Write Signature." A window will appear with the disk in question (all "Unknown" disks may appear in
this window). Make sure the box next to each disk is checked, then click OK. The disk should now report as "Basic."
If a disk reports as "Dynamic," right-click on the icon of that disk, and click on "Convert to Basic Disk..." Within seconds the
disk should report as Basic.
Creating the Partitions
In the Report of physical connection of disks/RAID Sets section, the order in which the drives are displayed corresponds
directly to the order the Sets appear in the BIOS. Therefore, the first Unallocated Partition represents Set 1, and so on.
1. In this example, there are two disks with unallocated partitions. Right-click on the partition of the first disk and click on
"New Partition."
2. The "Create Partition Wizard" should appear. The first window is an introductory window to the Wizard. Click Next.
3. The second window designates the partition type. Choose primary partition and click Next.
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