Dell PP03X, M2010 owner manual System Setup Program

Creating a RAID Level 0 or a RAID Level 1 Configuration

NOTICE: You will lose any data on your hard drives when you create a RAID configuration using the following procedure. Back up data you want to keep before continuing.

NOTE: Use the following procedure only if you are reinstalling your operating system. Do not use the following procedure to migrate an existing storage configuration to RAID level 0 configuration.

1Set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see page 113).

2Press <Ctrl><i> when you are prompted to enter the Intel RAID Option ROM utility.

3Press the up- and down-arrow keys to highlight Create RAID Volume, and press <Enter>.

4Enter a RAID volume name or accept the default, and press <Enter>.

5For RAID 0, press the up- and down-arrow keys to select RAID0(Stripe), and press <Enter>. For RAID 1, press the up- and down-arrow keys to select RAID1(Mirror), and press <Enter>.

6Press the up- and down-arrow keys and spacebar to select the two or three drives you want to use to make up your configuration, and then press <Enter>.

NOTE: For RAID 0, select the strip size closest to the size of the average file you want to store on the RAID volume. If you do not know the average file size, choose 128 KB as your strip size.

7For RAID 0, press the up- and down-arrow keys to change the strip size, and press <Enter>. For RAID 1, skip to step 8.

8Select the desired capacity for the volume, and press <Enter>. The default value is the maximum available size.

9Press <Enter> to create the volume.

10Press <y> to confirm that you want to create the RAID volume.

11Confirm that the correct volume configuration is displayed on the main Intel RAID Option ROM utility screen.

12Press the up- and down-arrow keys to select Exit, and press <Enter>.

13Install the operating system.

Deleting a RAID Volume

NOTE: When you perform this operation, all data on the RAID drives will be lost.

NOTE: For RAID 0 only, if your computer currently boots to RAID and you delete the RAID volume in the Intel RAID Option ROM utility, your computer will become unbootable.

1Press <Ctrl><i> when you are prompted to enter the Intel RAID Option ROM utility.

2Use the up- and down-arrow keys to highlight Delete RAID Volume, and press <Enter>.

3Use the up- and down-arrow keys to highlight the RAID volume you want to delete, and press <Delete>.

4Press <y> to confirm the deletion of the RAID volume.

5Press <Esc> to exit the Intel RAID Option ROM utility.

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