Megaraid Configuration Utility; Starting Megaraid Configuration Utility; Megaraid Bios Configuration Utility - LSI SCSI 320-0 Configuration

2 MegaRAID BIOS Configuration
Utility
The MegaRAID BIOS Configuration Utility configures disk arrays and logical
drives. Because the utility resides in the MegaRAID BIOS, its operation is
independent of the operating systems on your computer.
In This Chapter The topics discussed in this chapter include:
•
starting Configuration Utility
•
MegaRAID Configuration Utility menus
•
choosing a configuration method
• designating drives as hot spares
• creating physical arrays
•
defining logical drives
•
initializing logical drives
•
using logical drives in your operating system
•
rebuilding failed disk drives
•
using a pre-loaded SCSI drive as-is

Starting MegaRAID Configuration Utility

When the host computer boots, hold the <Ctrl> key and press the <M >key
when the following appears:
Host Adapter-1 Firmware Version x.xx DRAM Size 4 MB
0 Logical Drives found on the Host Adapter
0 Logical Drives handled by BIOS
Press <Ctrl><M> to run MegaRAID BIOS Configuration Utility
For each MegaRAID adapter in the host system, the firmware version, DRAM
size, and the status of logical drives on that adapter is displayed. If you do not
press <Ctrl> <M> within a few seconds of the prompt, the computer continues
the normal boot procedure.
MegaRAID supports one to four SCSI channels, but many of the
screens in this manual show three SCSI channels. The utilities
described in this manual also work with other MegaRAID
models that support one, two, three or four channels.
Important
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