5.3.1Creating 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.

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[ 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 keys 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 keys 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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Chapter 5: RAID configuration