Navigate The Fastbuild Menus; Create Arrays Automatically - TYAN TOMCAT I915 User Manual

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4.5.2 Navigate the FastBuild Menus

When using the menus, these are some of the basic navigation tips: Arrow keys highlights
through choices; the Space bar allows to cycle through options; Enter selects an option; Esc
aborts or exits the current menu.
Main Menu
This is the first option screen when entering the FastBuild Setup.
To create a new array automatically, press 1 and see Create Arrays Automatically. Promise
recommends this option for most users.
To manually create an array, press 3 and see Create Arrays Manually. If you wish to specify
block size, you must create the array manually.
To view the disk drives assigned to arrays, press 2 and see View Drive To delete an array,
press 4 and see Delete an Array.
To rebuild a mirrored (RAID 1) array, press 5 and see Rebuild a Mirrored Array.

4.5.3 Create Arrays Automatically

The Auto Setup (1) selection from the Main Menu can intuitively help create your disk array. It
will assign all available drives appropriate for the disk array you are creating. After making all
selections, press Ctrl-Y to Save the selections.
FastBuild will automatically build the array.
Optimize Array for
Select whether you want Performance (RAID 0 / Stripe), Security (RAID 1 / Mirror)
under the Optimize Array for setting.
Chapter 4: SATA/RAID Setup (for SATA RAID model)
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