SUPER MICRO Computer 6015B-Ni - Manual (Page 111)

Appendix C: Software Installation
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.
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 . (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.