Dell Precision T5400 (Late 2007) - Manual (Page 56)

56 Advanced Features
2 Click the Start button and point to Programs→ Intel(R) Matrix Storage
Manager→ Intel Matrix Storage Console to launch the Intel Storage
Utility.
3 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 53).
4 On the Actions menu, select Create RAID Volume to launch the Create
RAID Volume Wizard.
5 Click Next at the first screen.
6 Confirm the volume name, select RAID 5 as the RAID level, and then
click Next to continue.
7 On the Select Volume Location screen, click the first hard drive you want
to use to create your RAID level 5 volume, and then click the right arrow.
Click two or three additional drives until either three or four drives appear
in the Selected window, and then click Next.
8 In the Specify Volume Size window, select the Volume Size desired and
click Next.
9 Click Finish to create the volume, or click Back to make changes.
10 Follow Microsoft Windows procedures for creating a partition on the new
RAID volume.
Deleting a RAID Volume
NOTICE: While this procedure deletes the RAID 1 volume, it also splits the RAID 1
volume into two non-RAID hard drives with a partition, and leaves any existing data
files intact. Deleting a RAID 0 or 5 volume, however, destroys all data on the volume.
1 Click the Start button and point to Programs→ Intel(R) Matrix Storage
Manager→ Intel Matrix Storage Console to launch the Intel Storage
Utility.
2 Right-click the Volume icon of the RAID volume you want to delete, and
select Delete Volume.
3 On the Delete RAID Volume Wizard screen, click Next.
4 Highlight the RAID volume you want to delete in the Available box, click
the right-arrow button to move the highlighted RAID volume into the
Selected box, and then click Next.