Creating a RAID 0 set (striped)

To create a RAID 0 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 v8.0.0.1027 ICH10R wRAID5

Copyright(C) 2003-08 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

[ CREATE VOLUME MENU ]

Name:

Volume0

RAID Level:

RAID0(Stripe)

Disks:

Select Disks

Strip Size:

128KB

 

Capacity:

XXX

GB

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 0 set and press <Enter>.

3.When the RAID Level item is highlighted, press the up/down arrow key to select RAID 0(Stripe), and then press <Enter>.

4.When the Disks item is highlighted, press <Enter> to select the hard disk drives to configure as RAID. The following screen appears.

 

 

 

[ SELECT DISKS ]

 

 

 

 

Port

Drive Model

Serial #

Size

Status

 

0

XXXXXXXXXXXX

XXXXXXXX

XX.XGB

Non-RAID Disk

 

1

XXXXXXXXXXXX

XXXXXXXX

XX.XGB

Non-RAID Disk

2

XXXXXXXXXXXX

XXXXXXXX

XX.XGB

Non-RAID Disk

3

XXXXXXXXXXXX

XXXXXXXX

XX.XGB

Non-RAID Disk

Select 2 to 6 disks to use in creating the volume. [↑↓]-Previous/Next [SPACE]-SelectsDisk [ENTER]-Done

5.Use the up/down arrow key to highlight 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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