Configuring Your Computer For Raid Using The Intel Matrix Storage Manager - Dell DIMENSION E310 DCSM Owner's Manual

Deleting a RAID Volume
NOTE:
When you perform this operation, all data on the RAID drives will be lost.
NOTE:
If your computer currently boots to RAID and you delete the RAID volume in the Intel RAID Option
ROM utility, your computer will become unbootable.
1 Press <Ctrl><i> when you are prompted to enter the Intel RAID Option ROM utility.
2 Use the up- and down-arrow keys to highlight Delete RAID Volume, and press <Enter>.
3 Use the up- and down-arrow keys to highlight the RAID volume you want to delete, and press
<Delete>.
4 Press <y> to confirm the deletion of the RAID volume.
5 Press <Esc> to exit the Intel RAID Option ROM utility.

Configuring Your Computer for RAID Using the Intel Matrix Storage Manager

If you already have one hard drive with the operating system installed on it, and you want to add
a second hard drive and reconfigure both drives into a RAID volume without losing the existing
operating system and any data, you need to use the migrating option for a RAID level 1
configuration (see page 28).
Create a RAID level 1 volume only when you already have a two-hard drive computer configured
into a volume, but you still have some space left on the volume that you want to designate as a
second RAID volume.
Creating a RAID Level 1 Configuration
NOTE:
When you perform this operation, all data on the RAID drives will be lost.
1 Set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see page 26).
2 Click the Start button and point to Programs→ Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel
Matrix Storage Console to launch the Intel
NOTE:
If you do not see an Actions menu option, you have not yet set your computer to
mode (see page 26).
3 On the Actions menu, select Create RAID Volume to launch the Create RAID Volume
Wizard.
4 Click Next at the first screen.
5 Confirm the volume name, select RAID 1 as the RAID level, and then click Next to continue.
6 On the Select Volume Location screen, click the first hard drive you want to use to create
your RAID level 1 volume, and then click the right arrow. Click a second hard drive until two
drives appear in the Selected window, and then click Next.
7 In the Specify Volume Size window, select the Volume Size desired and click Next.
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Storage Utility.
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