Adding/Remove Spare Disks - HighPoint RocketRAID 174x User Manual

RocketRAID 174x BIOS Utility
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6. Next, Use the arrow key to highlight the Capacity (GB) option and press
ENTER. The total available capacity will be displayed. Press ENTER if you wish
to use all available space.
7. If you wish to reserve disk space for additional arrays/single disks, use the
keyboard to input the amount of space (in GB) you wish to set aside for this
particular array, and press ENTER.
Note: Multiple arrays can be created using the same set of hard disk drives.
The Capacity option allows you to set aside disk space that be used to create
another array, set as a spare disk, or partitioned to act as a single disk (by the
operating system).
8. To complete the creation procedure, use the
Creation item and press ENTER. Press the Y (yes) key to create the array, or N
(no) key to cancel the creation process.
Additional Notes: Redundant arrays cannot be initialized at the BIOS level – the RAID
management software is used to complete this task. An un-initialized array can still be
utilized (it will be recognized as an available volume during an OS installation, for
example), but we highly recommend completing the initialization process before
transferring critical data to the redundant array, to avoid the risk of data loss, should a
disk fail.

3 - Adding/Remove Spare Disks

This command is used to assign a hard disk to act as a Spare Disk.
Spare Disks are used to automatically rebuild Redundant RAID arrays (RAID 1, 5, 10)
in the case of disk failure. To set a hard disk to act as a Spare Disk, use the
keys to select a disk, and press ENTER.
To remove the Spare Disk setting from a hard disk, highlight the spare disk, and press
ENTER.
Generally, single disks are designated to act as spares (disks that are not configured
into RAID arrays).
However, in some instances, disks that are members of RAID arrays may also be
designated to act as a spare.If the disks in question are part of a RAID array that did
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