6.3.1Creating a RAID 0 set (Stripe)

To create a RAID 0 set:

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

<Enter>. This screen appears.

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM v5.0.0.1032 ICH7R wRAID5

Copyright(C) 2003-05 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

[ CREATE ARRAY MENU ]

Name:

 

Volume0

RAID Level:

 

RAID0(Stripe)

Disks:

Select Disks

Strip Size:

128KB

 

Capacity:

0.0

GB

Create Volume

[ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION ]

Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used

to uniquely identify the RAID volume. This name is case sensitive and

cannot contain special characters.

[↑↓]-Select

[ESC]-Exit

[ENTER]-Select Menu

2.Enter a name for the RAID 0 set, then press <Enter>.

3.Highlight RAID Level, press the up/down arrow key to select RAID 0 (Stripe), then press <Enter>.

4.Highlight the Disks item, then 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

XXXXXX

XXXXXX

 

XX.XGB

Non - RAID

Disk

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

XXXXXX

XXXXXX

 

XX.XGB

N o n - R A I D

D i s

k

2

XXXXXX

XXXXXX

 

XX.XGB

Non-RAID Disk

3

XXXXXX

XXXXXX

 

XX.XGB

N o n - R A I D

D i s k

Select 2 to 4 disks to use in creating the volume.

[↑↓]-Previous/Next [SPACE]-Selects [ENTER]-Selection Complete

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

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