Creating Raid Volumes; Deleting Raid Volumes; Resetting Disks To Non-Raid - Lenovo ThinkStation P310 User Manual

3. Select Configure SATA as and press Enter.
4. Select RAID Mode and press Enter.
5. To save settings and exit the Setup Utility program, press F10, select Yes in the window displayed,
and press Enter.
Note: For some keyboards, you might need to press Fn+F10 to exit the Setup Utility program.

Creating 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 computer 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.
10. Press Y when prompted to confirm the exit.

Deleting RAID volumes

To delete RAID volumes, do the following:
1. Press Ctrl+I when prompted to enter the Intel Matrix Storage Manager option ROM configuration utility
during the computer startup.
2. Use the up and down arrow keys to select Delete RAID Volume and press Enter.
3. Use the arrow keys to select the RAID volume to be deleted and press Delete.
4. When prompted, press Y to confirm the deletion of the selected RAID volume. Deleting a RAID volume
will reset the hard disk drives to non-RAID.
5. After deleting a RAID volume, you can:
• Return to step 2 to delete additional RAID volumes.
• See "Creating RAID volumes" on page 42 for RAID volume creation.
• Use the up and down arrow keys to select Exit and press Enter.

Resetting disks to non-RAID

To reset your hard disk drives to non-RAID, do the following:
1. Press Ctrl+I when prompted to enter the Intel Matrix Storage Manager option ROM configuration utility
during the computer startup.
2. Use the up and down arrow keys to select Reset Disks to Non-RAID and press Enter.
3. Use the arrow keys and the space key to mark individual physical hard disk drives to be reset, and then
press Enter to complete the selection.
4. When prompted, press Y to confirm the reset action.
5. After resetting your hard disk drives to non-RAID, you can:
• See "Deleting RAID volumes" on page 42 for RAID volume deletion.
• See "Creating RAID volumes" on page 42 for RAID volume creation.
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