6.3.4Creating a RAID 5 set (Parity)

To create a RAID 5 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 v5.6.2.1002 ESB2 wRAID5

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

[ CREATE ARRAY MENU ]

Name:

Volume1

RAID Level:

RAID5(Parity)

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 10 set, then press <Enter>.

3.Highlight RAID Level, press the up/down arrow key to select RAID5, then press <Enter>.

4.Follow steps 4 to 9 of section 6.3.1 Creating a RAID 0 set (striped) to create the RAID 5 set.

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