5.2.1Creating a RAID set

To create a RAID set

1.From the utility main menu, select 1. Create RAID Volume and press

<Enter>. The following screen appears.

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v8.9.0.1023 PCH-D wRAID5

Copyright(C) 2003-09 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

[ CREATE VOLUME MENU ]

Name:

Volume0

 

RAID Level:

RAID0(Stripe)

Disks:

Select

Disks

Strip Size:

128KB

 

 

Capacity:

0.0

GB

Sync:

N/A

 

 

 

Create

Volume

[ HELP ]

Enter a unique volume name that has no special characters and is

16 characters or less.

[↑↓]Change

[TAB]-Next

[ESC]-Previous Menu

[ENTER]-Select

2.Enter a name for the RAID set and press <Enter>.

3.When the RAID Level item is selected, press the up/down arrow key to select a RAID level to create, and then press <Enter>.

4.When the Disks item is selected, press <Enter> to select the hard disk drives you want to include in the RAID set. The SELECT DISKS screen appears.

 

 

[ SELECT DISKS ]

 

Port Drive Model

Serial #

Size

Status

0

ST3160812AS

9LS0HJA4

149.0GB

Non-RAID Disk

1

ST3160812AS

9LS0F4HL

149.0GB

Non-RAID Disk

2

ST3160812AS

3LS0JYL8

149.0GB

Non-RAID Disk

3

ST3160812AS

9LS0BJ5H

149.0GB

Non-RAID Disk

Select 2 to 6 disks to use in creating the volume.

[↑↓]-Prev/Next [SPACE]-SelectDisk [ENTER]-Done

5.Use the up/down arrow key to select a drive, and then press <Space> to select. A small triangle marks the selected drive. Press <Enter> after completing your selection.

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