Dell NX046 Personal Computer User Manual


 
Advanced Features 59
Select the hard drive that you want to use as your source hard drive (it
should be the hard drive containing the data or operating system files that
you want to keep on the RAID volume).
7
On the
Select Source Hard Drive
screen, double-click the hard drive from
which you want to migrate, and click
Next
.
8
On the
Select Member Hard Drive
screen, double-click the hard drive to
select the member drive that you want to act as the mirror in the
configuration, and click
Next
.
9
On the
Specify Volume Size
screen, select the volume size you want, and
click
Next
.
NOTICE: In step 10, all data contained on the member drive will be removed.
10
Click
Finish
to start migrating, or click
Back
to make changes. You can use
your computer normally during migration process.
Migrating to a RAID Level 5 Configuration
1
Set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see "Setting Your Computer to
RAID-Enabled Mode" on page 53).
2
Click the
Start
button and point to
All Programs
Intel(R) Matrix
Storage Manager
Intel Matrix Storage Console
to launch the Intel
Storage Utility.
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).
3
On the
Actions
menu, click
Create RAID Volume From Existing Hard
Drive
to launch the Migration Wizard.
4
Click
Next
on the first Migration Wizard screen.
5
Enter a RAID volume name or accept the default.
6
From the drop-down box, select
RAID 5
as the RAID level
.
Select the hard drive that you want to use as your source hard drive (it
should be the hard drive containing the data or operating system files that
you want to keep on the RAID volume).
7
On the
Select Source Hard Drive
screen, double-click the hard drive from
which you want to migrate, and click
Next
.