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SUPER MICRO Computer SUPERSERVER 6015B-3 User Manual

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Appendix C: ESB2 HostRAID Setup

C-7

Creating a RAID 5 Set (Parity)

a. Select "Create RAID Volume" from the main menu and press the key.

The following screen will appear:

b. Specify a name for the RAID 5 set and press .

c. When the Raid Level is highlighted, use the , keys to

select RAID 5 (Parity) and hit .

d. When the Disk item is highlighted, press to select the HDD to confi gure

as RAID. The following pop-up screen (See Note on Page C-3) displays:

e. Use the , keys to highlight a drive and press

to select it. A triangle appears to confi rm the selection of the drive.

f. Use the , keys to select the stripe size, ranged from

4 KB to 128 KB for the RAID 5 array, and hit . (Note: For a server, please

use a lower stripe size, and for a multimedia system, use a higher stripe size. The

default stripe size is 128 KB.)

g. Enter your desired RAID volume capacity and press when the capacity

item is highlighted. The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed.

h Press Enter when the Create Volume item is highlighted. A warning message

displays.

i. When asked "Are you sure you want to create this volume (Y/N), press "Y" to

create the RAID volume, or type "N" to go back to the Create Volume menu.