Setting Your Computer To Raid-Enabled Mode; Configuring Your Computer For Raid Using The Intel Raid Option Rom Utility - Dell DIMENSION E310 DCSM Owner's Manual

and the Intel Matrix Storage Console. Both methods require that you set your computer to
RAID-enabled mode before starting any of the RAID configuration procedures in this
document.

Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode

1 Enter system setup (see page 103).
2 Press the up- and down-arrow keys to highlight Drives, and press <Enter>.
3 Press the up- and down-arrow keys to highlight SATA Operation, and press <Enter>.
4 Press the left- and right-arrow keys to highlight RAID On, press <Enter>, and then
press <Esc>.
NOTE:
5 Press the left- and right-arrow keys to highlight Save/Exit, and press <Enter> to exit system
setup and resume the boot process.
Configuring Your Computer for RAID Using the Intel
NOTE:
Although any size drives may be used to create a RAID configuration when using the Intel RAID
Option ROM utility, ideally the drives should be of equal size. In a RAID level 1 configuration, the size of
the configuration will be the smaller of the two drives used.
Creating a RAID Level 1 Configuration
1 Set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see page 26).
2 Press <Ctrl><i> when you are prompted to enter the Intel RAID Option ROM utility.
3 Use the up- and down-arrow keys to highlight Create RAID Volume and press <Enter>.
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 If there are more than two hard drives available, press the up- and down-arrow keys and
spacebar to select the two drives you want to use to make up your volume, and then press
<Enter>.
7 Select the desired capacity for the volume, and press <Enter>. The default value is the
maximum available size.
8 Press <Enter> to create the volume.
9 Press <y> to confirm that you want to create the RAID volume.
10 Confirm that the correct volume configuration is displayed on the main Intel RAID Option
ROM utility screen.
11 Use the up- and down-arrow keys to select Exit and press <Enter>.
12 Install the operating system (see "Using Microsoft® Windows® XP System Restore" on
page 54).
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Setting Up and Using Your Computer
For more information about RAID options, see "System Setup Options" on page 104.
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RAID Option ROM Utility