Dell YT583 Personal Computer User Manual


 
46 Advanced Features
NOTICE: All data will be lost upon creation of the RAID volume. Dell
recommends backing up your data before performing these steps.
When creating an IS (striped) RAID volume:
All drives must be either Dell compliant SAS or SATA hard drives.
SAS and SATA hard drives cannot be used in the same RAID volume.
Drives must have 512 byte blocks and must not have removable
media.
There can be at minimum of 2 and a maximum of 4 hard drives in a
RAID volume.
5
Press <C> and then select
Save changes
when the RAID volume has been
fully configured.
6
Exit this menu to save the changes. The Configuration Utility will pause
while the RAID volume is being created.
Creating a RAID Level 1 Configuration
Follow these steps to create a RAID 1 volume on a SAS 6/iR controller that
does not currently have a RAID volume configured.
1
Select a controller from the
Adapter List
in the Configuration Utility.
2
Select the
RAID Properties
option.
3
Select
Create IM Volume
when you are prompted to create either an IS
(striped) RAID volume or an IM (mirrored) RAID volume.
The next screen shows a list of hard drives that can be added to a RAID
volume.
4
Move the cursor to the
RAID Disk
column. To add a hard drive to the
RAID volume, change “No” to “Yes” by pressing the <+>, <->, or space
bar. As hard drives are added, the
Virtual Disk Size
field changes to reflect
the new size of the RAID volume.
NOTICE: All data will be lost upon creation of the RAID volume. Dell
recommends backing up your data before performing these steps.
When creating an IM (mirrored) RAID volume:
All drives must be either Dell compliant SAS or SATA hard drives.
SAS and SATA hard drives cannot be used in the same RAID volume.