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Error Conditions ................................................................................................................ 70
Installation Aborted Errors ................................................................................... 70
NVRAM/Flash Configuration Mismatch Errors ................................................... 71
Controller Checksum Errors ................................................................................. 71
Common DACCF Procedures............................................................................................. 72
Enabling Automatic Rebuild................................................................................. 72
Changing the Write Policy ................................................................................... 73
Configuring Additional Disk Arrays ..................................................................... 73
Recovering Unusable (DED) Disk Drives ............................................................. 74
6 Using MegaRAID BIOS ............................................................................................... 77
Updating the MegaRAID Driver ........................................................................................ 77
Startup Sequence................................................................................................................ 79
Management Menu Options ............................................................................................... 79
Exiting MegaRAID BIOS Configuration Utility ................................................................. 80
Management Menu Tree .................................................................................................... 80
Configure Menu ................................................................................................... 81
Initialize Menu ..................................................................................................... 81
Objects Menu ....................................................................................................... 81
Format Menu........................................................................................................ 85
Rebuild Menu....................................................................................................... 86
Check Consistency Menu ..................................................................................... 86
Select Adapter Menu ............................................................................................ 87
Disable BIOS Menu.............................................................................................. 87
Configuring Arrays and Logical Drives .............................................................................. 87
Choosing the Configuration Method ..................................................................... 88
Designating Drives as Hot Spares ......................................................................... 89
Using Easy Configuration..................................................................................... 90
Using New Configuration..................................................................................... 93
Using View/Add Configuration ............................................................................ 97
Initializing Logical Drives .................................................................................. 100
Formatting Physical Drives ................................................................................ 101
Rebuilding Failed Disk Drives ......................................................................................... 103
Using a Pre-loaded SCSI Drive “As-is”............................................................................ 105
7 Using Power Console.................................................................................................. 107
Installing the MegaRAID Power Console Utility .............................................................. 107
Overview ......................................................................................................................... 108
Power Console Icons........................................................................................................ 109
Configuration Icons ............................................................................................ 109
Drag and Drop Icons .......................................................................................... 111
Logical Drive and Channel Icons ..................................................................................... 112
Defining Power Console Menu Options............................................................................ 113
Adapter Menu .................................................................................................................. 114
Configuration ..................................................................................................... 116
Flush Cache ....................................................................................................... 118
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