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4
Enter a RAID volume name or accept the default and press <Enter>.
5
Use the up- and down-arrow keys to select
RAID1(Mirror)
and press <Enter>.
6
Select the desired capacity for the volume, and press <Enter>. The default value is the maximum
available size.
7
Press <Enter> to create the volume.
8
Press <y> to confirm that you want to create the RAID volume.
9
Confirm that the correct volume configuration is displayed on the main Intel RAID Option ROM
utility screen.
10
Use the up- and down-arrow keys to select
Exit
, and press <Enter>.
11
Install the operating system (see "Restoring Your Operating System" on page 359).
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 "Migrating to a
RAID Level 0 Configuration" on page 301) or a RAID level 1 configuration (see "Migrating to a RAID
Level 1 Configuration" on page 301). Create a RAID level 0 volume or RAID level 1 volume only when:
• You are adding a new drive to an existing single-drive computer (and the operating system is on the
single drive), and you want to configure the 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 297).
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 297).
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.
5
Click a second hard drive. To add a third hard drive in your RAID level 0 volume, click the right arrow
and click the third drive until three drives appear in the
Selected
window, and then click
Next
.