Intel Application Accelerator Raid Option Rom - Intel I925XE User Manual

B-1 Intel Application Accelerator RAID Option ROM
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This Appendix describes the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Option ROM for
creating a RAID array on SATA hard drives attached to ICH6R. This RAID BIOS
provides a pre-OS user interface with basic functionality needed to create and
delete RAID volumes in a pre-OS environment. This then allows the OS to be
installed directly onto the RAID volume.
1.Creating a RAID Volume
1. Upon re-boot, you will see the Option ROM status message on the screen –
press CTRL-I to enter the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Option ROM
user interface.
2. In the Main Menu, select option #1 'Create RAID Volume'. Enter a name you
wish to use for the RAID volume, press enter when done.
3. Select the RAID level using the arrow keys, press enter when done.
4. Press enter to select the disks to be used by the array that the volume will be
created on. Press enter when done.
5. Select the strip size (128 KB is the default for RAID 0) using the arrow keys,
press enter when selected done.
6. Enter the size for the RAID volume in Gigabytes. By default, the maximum size
that the volume can be will be shown. If you modify this field and make it
smaller that the maximum size, there will be remaining array space on which
you can create a second RAID volume using this same procedure.
7. Once this is done, exit the Option ROM user interface.
2. Deleting a RAID Volume
1. Enter the main menu of the RAID Option ROM and select option #2 'Delete
RAID volume'.
2. You should be presented with another screen listing the existing RAID
volume. Select the RAID volume you wish to delete using the up and down
arrow keys. Press the Delete key to delete the RAID volume.
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