Creating Raid Arrays - HighPoint RocketRAID 231x User Manual

RocketRAID 231x BIOS Utility
Add/Remove Spare
- this command is used to assign hard disks to function as
spare disks. The controller is capable of using spare disks to automatically rebuild
broken or faulted RAID arrays.
Section 3 discusses this command in detail.
Settings
Set Boot Mark
- this function is used to designate a particular disk or RAID array
to function as the host adapter's boot device.
Note: This setting is only relevant if the motherboard's BIOS has set the host
adapter to function as the system's primary boot device.
Staggered drive spin up
– This function is used to enable (or disable) staggered
drive spin up support This setting, by default, is disabled. Enabling staggered drive
spin up will power up the hard disks one at a time, approximately every two seconds.
View
– this command is used to select between two views. Press the ENTER key to
change the view.
Devices – displays information about hard disks attached to the host adapter. Use
↑ ↓
the arrow keys to highlight the target hard disk, and press ENTER to view the
information.
RAID Arrays – displays information about RAID arrays attached to the host adapter.
↑ ↓
Use the arrow keys to highlight the target array, and press ENTER to view the
information.
Initialize
- this function is used to prepare disks for use with RAID arrays.
Note: Arrays cannot be created between disks that have not been initialized.
The following section discusses this command in detail.

2 - Creating RAID Arrays

Initializing Disks:
Before creating a RAID array, the disks must be initialized.
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