Creating A Raid Volume; Initializing A Raid Volume; Assigning A Hot Spare Drive; Lsi Onboard Sata Raid Configuration - Acer AR320 F2 Service Manual

Creating a RAID Volume

1.
Select Create RAID Volume.
2.
The CREATE VOLUME MENU displayed.
3.
Type in the name of RAID volume.
4.
Select RAID 5 level.
5.
Select desired HDD to create the RAID.
6.
Select Create Volume.
7.
Press Y when "Are you sure you want to create the volume? (Y/N):" displayed.
8.
Now the RAID volume is created, you can press ESC and select Exit to exit.

Initializing a RAID Volume

During Intel onboard SATA RAID volume creation process, the Intel onboard SATA RAID
volume will be automatically initiated once the onboard SATA RAID volume has been
created.

Assigning a Hot Spare Drive

The Intel onboard SATA RAID BIOS utility does not provide the function to create hot
spare drive. Please create the hot spare drive with the Intel onboard SATA RAID utility
in operating system.

LSI onboard SATA RAID configuration

Set RAID Controller in Legacy Mode

NOTE. Currently, LSI onboard SATA RAID only supports Legacy mode. Please change PCI
ROM Priority setting from EFI Compatible ROM to Legacy ROM in BIOS Setup.
PCI ROM Priority
Set RAID Controller in Legacy Mode
NOTE. Currently, LSI onboard SATA RAID only supports Legacy mode. Please change PCI
ROM Priority setting from EFI Compatible ROM to Legacy ROM in BIOS Setup.
PCI ROM Priority

Enabling LSI Onboard SATA RAID

1.
Turn on the server and the display monitor. If the server is already turned on,
please close all open applications and then restart the server.
2.
During POST, press F2 to access the BIOS Setup Utility.
3.
Please select Advanced.
4.
Please select SATA Configuration.
5.
You might see below information:
SATA Controller
[Legacy ROM]
[Legacy ROM]
[Enabled]
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