Creating Raid Volumes; Deleting Raid Volumes; Resetting Disks To Non-Raid - Lenovo ThinkServer TS130 User Manual

To enable SATA RAID functionality, do the following:
1. Start the Setup Utility program. See "Starting the Setup Utility program" on page 53.
2. Select Devices ➙ ATA Drive Setup.
3. Select Configure SATA as and press Enter.
4. Select RAID Mode and press Enter.
5. Press F10 to save changes and exit the Setup Utility program.

Creating RAID volumes

This section describes how to use the Intel Matrix Storage Manager option ROM configuration utility to
create 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 system 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. If desired, return to step 2 to create additional RAID volumes.
10. When finished, select Exit and press Enter.

Deleting RAID volumes

This section describes how to use the Intel Matrix Storage Manager option ROM configuration utility to
delete 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 system 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 70 for RAID volume creation.
• Use the up and down arrow keys to select Exit and press Enter.

Resetting disks to non-RAID

This section describes how to reset your hard disk drives 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 system startup.
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