Creating Raid Volumes; Deleting Raid Volumes - Lenovo ThinkStation S20 4157 Hardware Manual

Creating RAID volumes

This section describes how to use the Intel Matrix Storage Manager option ROM
configuration utility to create RAID volumes.
10. Press Y when prompted to confirm the exit.

Deleting RAID volumes

This section describes how to use the Intel Matrix Storage Manager option ROM
configuration utility to delete RAID volumes.
1. Press Ctrl+I when prompted to enter the Intel Matrix Storage Manager option
2. Use the up and down arrow keys to select Delete RAID Volume and press
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.
5. After deleting a RAID volume, you can:
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1. Press Ctrl+I when prompted to enter the Intel Matrix Storage Manager option
ROM configuration utility.
Note: To make enough physical hard disk drives available to create a RAID
volume.
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.
ROM configuration utility.
Enter.
Deleting a RAID volume will reset the hard disk drives to non-RAID.
v Return to step 2 to delete additional RAID volumes.
v See "Creating RAID volumes" for RAID volume creation.
v Use the up and down arrow keys to select Exit and press Enter.
v Use the up and down arrow keys to select Reset Disks to Non-RAID and
press Enter.
a. 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.
b. When prompted, press Y to confirm the reset action.
c. After completing the Reset Disks to Non-RAID function, you can:
– Return to step 2 to delete additional RAID volumes.
– See "Creating RAID volumes" for RAID volume creation.
– Use the up and down arrow keys to select Exit and press Enter.