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• An upgrade key module is connected to the Virtual RAID on CPU (VROC) connector on the system board.
See "Hardware locations" on page 1.
• M.2 solid-state drives are installed in your computer.
Storage drive requirements for RAID levels
Your computer supports the following RAID levels:
• RAID 0: striped disk array
– Consists of at least two M.2 solid-state drives
– Supported strip size: 4 KB, 8 KB, 16 KB, 32 KB, 64 KB, or 128 KB
– Better performance without fault tolerance
• RAID 1: mirrored disk array
– Consists of two M.2 solid-state drives
– Improved reading performance and 100% redundancy
• RAID 10: striped and mirrored disk array (a combination of RAID 0 and RAID 1)
– Consists of four M.2 solid-state drives
– Supported strip size: 4 KB, 8 KB, 16 KB, 32 KB, or 64 KB
• RAID 5: block-level striped disk array with distributed parity
– Consists of at least three M.2 solid-state drives
– Supported strip size: 16 KB, 32 KB, 64 KB, or 128 KB
– Better performance and fault tolerance
– Available only on some models of upgrade key modules
Creating a RAID volume
Attention: All the existing data stored on the selected drives will be erased while the RAID volume is being
created.
To create a RAID volume, do the following:
1. Enable VMD for the selected M.2 solid-state drives by doing the following:
a. Start the Setup Utility program. See "Starting the Setup Utility program" on page 37.
b. Select Advanced ➙ Intel(R) VMD technology and press Enter.
c. Select each menu item and press Enter. Then, select Enabled and press Enter.
d. Select an occupied M.2 solid-state drive slot as you need and press Enter. Then, select VMD and
press Enter.
e. To save settings and exit the Setup Utility program, press F10 or Fn+F10 (depending on the
keyboard settings), select Yes in the window displayed, and press Enter.
2. Start the Setup Utility program again. See "Starting the Setup Utility program" on page 37.
3. Select Advanced ➙ Intel Virtual RAID on CPU and press Enter.
4. Select All Intel VMD Controllers and press Enter.
5. Select Create Volumes and press Enter.
6. Select and configure the options one by one.
a. Name: You can use the default name Volume0 or type a preferred name for the RAID volume.
b. RAID Level: You can set the RAID level to one of the following:
• RAID0
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