Appendix B Using the BIOS Configuration Utility to Configure the Sun Blade RAID 5 Expansion Module 57
1. Start the BIOS RAID Configuration utility.
See “To Start the BIOS RAID Configuration Utility” on page 48.
2. Select Disk Utilities.
3. Select the disk drive you want, then press Enter.
4. Select Identify Drive, then press Enter.
5. When you have finished locating your disk drive, press any key.
▼ To Identify Disk Drives With the Disk Utilities
You can identify disk drives by viewing the list of disk drives on your system. Only
physical drives that are displayed during POST are shown.
1. Start the BIOS RAID Configuration utility.
See “To Start the BIOS RAID Configuration Utility” on page 48.
2. Select Disk Utilities.
The Disk Utilities view displays the following information:
Initializing a RAID Array
Use the following procedure to initialize a RAID array.
1. Power-cycle your server.
2. During power up, type Ctrl-A to bring up the ARCU.
A message appears, then the ARCU opens. See
FIGURE B-1.
TABLE B-3 Information Provided by Disk Utilities
Location Model Rev# Speed Size
CN1=DEV1
Box0=Slot0
Exp0=phy0
The
manufacturer
information.
The revision
number of the
disk drive.
The speed of
the disk drive.
The size of the
disk drive.
