5.6.3 Creating, Deleting, and Resetting RAID Sets

The Serial ATA RAID set must be configured in the RAID Configuration utility. This configuration can be done by the Intel® RAID Option ROM. During the Power-On Self Test (POST), the following message will appear for a few seconds: “Press <Ctrl-I> to enter Raid Configuration Utility”. When this message appears, press <Ctrl+I> to launch the RAID configuration utility.

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[ MAIN MENU ]

1. Create RAID Volume 2. Delete RAID Volume 3. Reset Disks to Non-RAID 4. Exit

 

 

[ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION ]

 

RAID

Volumes:

 

 

 

 

None

defined.

 

 

 

 

Non-RAID Disks:

 

 

 

 

Port

Drive Model

Serial #

Size

Status

Bootable

0

ST380013AS

xxxxxxxx

74.5GB

Normal

Yes

1

ST380013AS

xxxxxxxx

74.5GB

Normal

Yes

 

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[ESC] Exit

[Enter]-Select Menu

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.6.4 Creating a RAID Volume

To create a RAID volume:

1.Select 1. Create RAID Volume and press <Enter> . The following screen appears.

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[ CREATE ARRAY MENU ]

Name: RAID_Volume1

RAID Level: RAID0(Stripe)

Strip Size: 128KB

Capacity: 149.0GB

Create Volume

[ HELP ]

Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length taht can be used to uniquely identify the RAID volume. This name is case sensitive and can not contain special characters.

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