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This procedure is described in the DIP-74xx Installation Manual, as well as in a detailed How-to video titled “Configuring an empty unit with new hard drives”, but here in a detailed step-by-step guide.
The following instruction describes how to create a RAID 5 or RAID 6 logical volume on the DIVAR IP all-in-one 7000 4th gen.
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This procedure will wipe the current logical volume and therefore cause DATA LOSS. |
Requirements
A Bosch DIVAR IP all-in-one 7000 4th gen system in place.
Step-by-step guide
1. On the startup screen, press DEL to enter the BIOS setup menu
2. Enter the BIOS password;
3. Navigate to the right using the arrow key until you reach the second tab "Advanced". Then, press the down key until you highlight the option "BROADCOM Configuration utility" and press enter.
4. In the Configuration utility, select the first option "Main Menu" and press enter.
5. Select the first option "Configuration Management" and press enter.
6. Choose the second option "Create Virtual Drive" and then press enter.
7. Select the "Select RAID Level" option and press enter. Then, use the down key to choose RAID5 and press enter again.
*If you want to create RAID 6, please choose RAID 6 from the menu and press enter.
8. Press down key until option "Select Drives" and press enter;
9. Confirm the HDD drives by pressing the down key until you reach the option "Check All" at the bottom, then press enter.
10. Press the down key once to display more options, then select "Apply Changes" and press enter.
11. After the message "The operation has been performed successfully" is displayed, press enter under "OK".
12. Use the down key to change the parameters described below to apply the best configuration for the volume, then press enter to select each one:
- Strip Size: 64KB
- Read Policy: Read Ahead
- Write Policy: Always Write Back
- Default Initialization: Fast
Leave the other options at their default values. To finish this step, press the down key until you reach the last option "Save Configuration" and then press enter.
13. Press enter under the option "Confirm" and then select "Enabled" by pressing enter again.
14. Press the down key to select "Yes" and then press enter
15. After the message "The operation has been performed successfully" is displayed, press enter under "OK".
16. The virtual drive RAID5 has been created, and a message "Virtual Drive creation was successful. All free configurable space has been used" will be displayed.
17. The process is complete! You can now exit the BIOS setup by pressing F4 to save and then selecting "Yes" by pressing enter. The system will start up normally.
Checking Virtual Drive Settings
If you want to check the new volume configuration, please follow steps 1 through 3 of this procedure. Then, in the Advanced Menu of the configuration utility, select the third option "Virtual Drive Management" and press enter.
The information about the logical volume RAID5 will be displayed. You can now exit the BIOS setup. The initialization of the Virtual Drive will be finished automatically, and no further intervention is needed.
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