Supermicro X7DA3 Plus User Manual page 119

Appendix D: Confi guring Intel HostRAID and the Windows OS
Creating a RAID 5 Set (Parity):
1. Select "Create RAID Volume" from the main menu and press the <Enter> key.
The following screen will appear:
2. Specify a name for the RAID 5 set and press <Enter>.
3. When the Raid Level is highlighted, use the <Up Arrow>, <Down Arrow> keys to
select RAID 5 (Parity) and hit <Enter>.
4. When the Disk item is highlighted, press <Enter> to select the HDD to confi gure
as RAID. The following pop-up screen (See the note on Page C-3) displays:
5. Use the <Up Arrow>, <Down Arrow> keys to highlight a drive and press <Space>
to select it. A triangle appears to confi rm the selection of the drive.
6. Use the <Up Arrow>, <Down Arrow> keys to select the stripe size, ranging from
4 KB to 128 KB for the RAID 5 array, and hit <Enter>. (Note: For a server, please
use a lower stripe size, and for a multimedia system, use a higher stripe size. The
default stripe size is 128 KB.)
7. Enter your desired RAID volume capacity and press <Enter> when the capacity
item is highlighted. The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed.
8. Press Enter when the Create Volume item is highlighted. A warning message
displays.
9. When asked "Are you sure you want to create this volume (Y/N), press "Y" to
create the RAID volume, or type "N" to go back to the Create Volume menu.
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