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RAID Level

Your server must have the minimum number of SATA hard disk drives installed

for the supported level of RAID below:

v RAID Level 0 – Striped disk array

– Two hard disk drives minimum

– Better performance without fault tolerance

v RAID Level 1 – Mirrored disk array

– Two hard disk drives minimum

– Improved read performance and 100% redundancy

To install a secondary hard disk drive, refer to “Installing a secondary hard disk

drive” on page 28.

Configuring the system UEFI to enable SATA RAID

functionality

This section describes how to configure the system UEFI to enable SATA RAID

functionality.

Note: Use the arrow keys on the keyboard to make selections.

To enable SATA RAID functionality, do the following:

1. Start the Setup Utility program. See “Starting the Setup Utility program” on

page 49.

2. Select Devices → ATA Drives Setup.

3. Select Configure SATA as and press Enter.

4. Select RAID and press Enter.

5. Press F10 to save the new settings and exit the Setup Utility program. See

“Exiting from the Setup Utility program” on page 52.

Creating RAID volumes

This section describes how to use the Intel Matrix Storage Manager option ROM

configuration utility to create RAID volumes.

To create RAID volumes, do the following:

1. Press Ctrl+I when prompted to enter the Intel Matrix Storage Manager option

ROM configuration utility during the server startup.

2. Use the up and down arrow keys to select Create RAID Volume and press

Enter.

3. Type a proper RAID Volume name in the Name field and press Tab.

4. Use the arrow keys to select a RAID level in the RAID Level field and press

Tab.

5. If appropriate, use the arrow keys to select a Stripe Size in the Stripe Size

field and press Tab.

6. Type a volume size in the Capacity field and press Tab.

7. Press Enter to initiate volume creation.

8. When prompted, press Y to accept the warning message and create the

volume.

9. Return to step 2 to create additional RAID volumes, or select Exit and press

Enter.

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