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Chapter 5: RAID conguration
8. Select Units from the Virtual Drive sub-menu, and then press <Enter>.
9. Select the units for virtual drive size from the menu, and then press <Enter>.
10. When creating a RAID 1 or a RAID 10 set, select DWC from the Virtual Drive menu,
and then press <Enter>.
When creating a RAID 0 set, proceed to step 12.
11. Select On to enable the Disk Write Cache setting, and then press <Enter>.
Enabling DWC can improve the performance, but with the risk of data loss.
Use Cursor Keys To Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option
LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Ver C.05 Sep 17,2010
BIOS Version A.10.09231523R
Select Units For VD Size
Configure
Initialize
Objects
Rebuild
Check Consistency
Management Menu
Easy Configuration - ARRAY SELECTION MENU
ONLIN A00-00
ONLIN A00-01
READY
READY
0
1
2
3
PORT #
Virtual Drive(s) Configured
LD RAID Size #Stripes StripSz Status
0 1 148.580GB 2 64KB ONLINE
MB
GB
TB
Select Units For VD Size
RAID = 1
Units= MB
Size = 152146MB
DWC = OFF
RA = On
Accept
SPAN = NO
Virtual Drive 0
Use Cursor Keys To Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option
LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Ver C.05 Sep 17,2010
BIOS Version A.10.09231523R
Disk Write Cache Setting of VD
Configure
Initialize
Objects
Rebuild
Check Consistency
Management Menu
Easy Configuration - ARRAY SELECTION MENU
ONLIN A00-00
ONLIN A00-01
READY
READY
0
1
2
3
PORT #
Virtual Drive(s) Configured
LD RAID Size #Stripes StripSz Status
0 1 148.580GB 2 64KB ONLINE
Off
On
Change DWC
RAID = 1
Units= MB
Size = 152146MB
DWC = OFF
RA = On
Accept
SPAN = NO
Virtual Drive 0