Asus P5E WS PROFESSIONAL User Manual page 147

Creating a RAID 5 set (parity)
To create a RAID 5 set:
1. From the utility main menu, select 1. Create RAID Volume, then press
<Enter>. This screen appears.
Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM v5.0.0.1032 ICH7R wRAID5
Copyright(C) 2003-05 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used
to uniquely identify the RAID volume. This name is case sensitive and
[↑↓]-Change
2. Enter a name for the RAID 5 set, then press <Enter>.
3. When the RAID Level item is highlighted, press the up/down arrow key to
select RAID 5(Parity), then press <Enter>.
4. The Disks item is highlighted, press <Enter> to select the hard disk drives to
configure as RAID. The following pop-up screen appears.
Port Drive Model
0 XXXXXXXXXXXX
1 XXXXXXXXXXXX
2 XXXXXXXXXXXX
3 XXXXXXXXXXXX
[↑↓]-Previous/Next
ASUS P5E WS Professional
[ CREATE ARRAY MENU
Name: Volume5
RAID Level: RAID5(Parity)
Disks: Select Disks
Strip Size: 64KB
Capacity: 0.0
Create Volume
[ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION
cannot contain special characters.
[TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu
[ SELECT DISKS
Serial #
XXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXX
Select 2 to 4 disks to use in creating the volume.
[SPACE]-Selects
]
GB
]
[Enter]-Select
]
Size Status
XX.XGB Non-RAID Disk
XX.XGB Non-RAID Disk
XX.XGB Non-RAID Disk
XX.XGB Non-RAID Disk
[ENTER]-Selection Complete
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