Creating Raid Volumes; Deleting Raid Volumes - HP xw4600 Service And Technical Reference Manual

10. Press F10 to accept the new setting.
11. Use the arrow keys to highlight Advanced>Device Options, and press Enter.
12. Use the up or down arrow key to highlight SATA RAID Option ROM Download, and press
Enter.
13. Use the left or right arrow key to select Enable.
14. Press F10 to accept the new setting.
15. Use the arrows on your keyboard to highlight File>Save Changes and Exit, and press Enter.
16. Press F10 when prompted.

Creating RAID volumes

Use the Intel Matrix Storage Manager option ROM Configuration utility to create RAID volumes.
1. Press Ctrl+I when prompted to enter the Intel Matrix Storage Manager option ROM Configuration
utility.
2. If required, see
create the desired RAID volume.
3. Use the up or down arrow key to highlight 1. Create RAID Volume, and press Enter.
4. Type the desired RAID volume name in the "Name:" field, and press Tab.
5. Use the up or down arrow key to select the desired RAID level in the RAID Level: field, then
press Tab.
6. Press Enter to display the Select Disks dialog.
7. Use the up and down arrow keys and Space to mark individual physical disks as members of the
volume.
8. Press Enter to exit the Select Disks dialog and return to the Create Volume Menu dialog.
9. If appropriate, use the up or down arrow key to select the Strip Size in the Strip Size: field, and
press Tab.
10. Type the desired volume size in the Capacity: field, and press Tab.
11. Press Enter to initiate volume creation.
12. When prompted, press Y to acknowledge the warning message and create the volume.
13. Return to step 3 to create additional RAID volumes, or use ? or ? to highlight 4. Exit, and press
Enter.
14. Press Y when prompted to confirm the exit.

Deleting RAID volumes

Use the Intel Matrix Storage Manager option ROM Configuration utility to delete RAID volumes.
1. Use the up or down arrow key to highlight 2. Delete RAID Volume, and press Enter.
2. Use the up or down arrow key to highlight the RAID volume to be deleted, and press Del.
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