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Dell Precision T3400 (Late 2007) User Manual

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About RAID Configurations

2 Use the up- and down-arrow keys to highlight Delete RAID Volume, and

press .

3 Use the up- and down-arrow keys to highlight the RAID volume you want

to delete, and press .

4 Press to confirm the deletion of the RAID volume.
5 Press to exit the Intel RAID Option ROM utility.

Configuring Your Computer for RAID Using the Intel Matrix Storage
Manager

If you already have one hard drive with the operating system installed on it,
and you want to add a second hard drive and reconfigure both drives into a
RAID volume without losing the existing operating system and any data, you
need to use the migrating option for a RAID level 0 configuration (see "RAID
Level 0" on page 44) or a R
AID level 1 configuration (see "RAID Level 1" on
page 44.) Cr
eate a RAID level 0 volume or RAID level 1 volume only when:

You are adding two new drives to an existing single-drive computer (and
the operating system is on the single drive), and you want to configure the
two new drives into a RAID volume.

You already have a two-hard drive computer configured into a volume, but
you still have some space left on the volume that you want to designate as
a second RAID volume.

Creating a RAID Level 0 Configuration

NOTE:

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

1 Set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see "Setting Your Computer to

RAID-Enabled Mode" on page 48).

2 Click Start and point to Programs→ Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager→

Intel Matrix Storage Console to launch the Intel Storage Utility.

NOTE:

If you do not see an

Actions menu option, you have not yet set your

computer to RAID-enabled mode (see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled
Mode" on page 48).

3 On the Actions menu, select Create RAID Volume to launch the Create

RAID Volume Wizard, and then click Next.

4 On the Select Volume Location screen, click the first hard drive you want

to include in your RAID level 0 volume, and then click the right arrow.