Using The Disk Utilities - Dell Precision Workstation 470 User Manual

RAID: Dell Precision Workstation 470 and 670 Computers User's Guide
3. From the ARC menu, select SATASelect.
The Controller Configuration and SATA Configuration menu options are displayed.
4. Select Controller Configuration.
You can modify the following Controller Interface options:
Runtime BIOS (Default: Enabled) — Enables or disables the controller's runtime BIOS. The BIOS must be
enabled if you want to boot from the controller.
If Runtime BIOS is enabled and the Array-based BBS Support option is disabled, the controller BIOS is
enabled and post to the first array (or drive) attached to the controller as a bootable hard disk drive.

Using the Disk Utilities

The Disk Utilities enable you to format or verify the media of your Serial ATA hard disks.
1. Turn on your computer and press <Ctrl><a> when you are prompted to access the ARC utility.
2. From the ARC menu, select Disk Utilities.
3. Select the desired disk and press <Enter>.
The following options appear:
Format Disk — Simulates a low-level format of the hard drive by writing zeros to the entire disk. Serial ATA
drives are low-level formatted at the factory and do not need to be low-level formatted again.
NOTICE: Formatting destroys all data on the drive. Be sure to back up your data before performing this operation.
Verify Disk Media — Scans the media of a disk drive for defects.
SCSI Host RAID
With the SCSISelect utility, you can create and maintain RAID arrays with drives connected to a SCSI controller.
NOTE: Only the Dell Precision® 670 computer has RAID arrays with drives connected to a SCSI controller on the
system board. You cannot use the SCSISelect utility with the Dell Precision 470 computer.
This section explains how to use the SCSISelect utility to create and manage RAID arrays on your computer. Use HostRAID to
provide the proper level of fault tolerance and event notification.
HostRAID supports the following RAID levels:
RAID 0 — Striping mode for boosting performance
RAID 1 — Mirroring mode for data security
Using SCSISelect Utility Menus
To select a SCSISelect menu option, move the cursor to the option with the arrow keys and then press <Enter>. In some
cases, selecting an option displays another menu. You can return to the previous menu at any time by pressing <Esc>.
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