Creating A Raid 5 Set (Parity) - Asus P5M2 User Manual

5.3.4

Creating a RAID 5 set (Parity)

To create a RAID 5 set:
1. From the utility main menu, select 1. Create RAID Volume, then press
<Enter>. This screen appears.
Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM v5.0.0.1032 ICH7R wRAID5
Copyright(C) 2003-05 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used
to uniquely identify the RAID volume. This name is case sensitive and
[↑↓]-Select
2. Enter a name for the RAID 10 set, then press <Enter>.
3. Highlight RAID Level, press the up/down arrow key to select |RAID 10
(RAID0+1), then press <Enter>.
4. Follow steps 4 to 9 of section "5.3.1 Creating a RAID 0 set (striped)" to create
the RAID 5 set.
ASUS P5M2 Series
[ CREATE ARRAY MENU
Name: Volume1
RAID Level: RAID5(Parity)
Disks: Select Disks
Strip Size: 128KB
Capacity: 0.0 GB
Create Volume
[ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION
cannot contain special characters.
[ESC]-Exit [ENTER]-Select Menu
]
]
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