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Chapter 5: Driver installation

5.2.2 Creating a RAID 1 set (mirrored)

To create a RAID 1 set:

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

. This screen appears.

2. Enter a name for the RAID 1 set, then press .
3. When the RAID Level item is highlighted, press the up/down arrow key

to select RAID 1(Mirror), then press .

4 When the Disks item is highlighted, press to select the hard

disk drives to conﬁgure as RAID. The SELECT DISKS screen appears.

5 Use the up/down arrow key to highlight a drive, then press

to select. A small triangle marks the selected drive. Press

after completing your selection.

6. When the Capacity item is highlighted, key in the RAID volume

capacity that you want, then press . The default value

indicates the maximum allowed capacity.

7. Press when the Create Volume item is highlighted. This

warning message appears.

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

[

CREATE ARRAY MENU

]

[

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.

[↑↓]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [Enter]-Select

Name:

RAID Level:

Disks:

Strip Size:

Capacity:

Volume1

RAID1(Mirror)
Select Disks

N/A

XX.X GB

Create Volume

WARNING: ALL DATA ON SELECTED DISKS WILL BE LOST.

Are you sure you want to create this volume? (Y/N):

8. Press to create the RAID volume and return to main menu or

to go back to Create Volume menu.