Integrated Striping; Creating A Stripe Volume - Dell Precision Workstation 450 User Manual

If single-ended (SE)devices are connected to the same bus as the LVD devices (such as
U320, U160, or Ultra2), the SCSI bus operates in SE mode and runs at maximum of Ultra
(40 MBps) speed.
For more information installing a SCSI device and SCSI ID settings for the Dell Precision
650, see "SCSI Device Installation Guidelines."

Integrated Striping

Your Dell Precision 650 computer supports integrated striping for a minimum of two hard
drives to a maximum of four hard drives on the Integrated Ultra320 SCSI channel.
Integrated striping writes data across multiple hard drives rather than writing to one hard
drive by partitioning each hard drive's storage space into stripes. The stripe volume can be
created and deleted through a SCSI BIOS configuration utility.

Creating a Stripe Volume

NOTICE: Creating a stripe volume deletes all information that is currently on your hard drives.
Save all data before you begin this procedure.
Press <Ctrl><a> during system start-up when the following message appears:
1
Cntl-A to start LSI Logic Configuration Utility
NOTE: Key combinations for the utility are listed at the bottom of the configuration screen.
Select the drive controller and press <Enter>.
2
Use the arrow keys to select Add RAID Array and press <Enter>.
3
Use the <+> key to select YES for each drive that you want to be part of a stripe
4
volume. Use the <-> key to select NO for each drive that you do not want to be part
of a stripe volume.
NOTE: Multiple warning screens may appear if you have a valid partition on the drives selected
or if the drives selected to be part of the stripe are different sizes.
Press <F3> to save the changes.
5
Press any key to continue.
6
If you do not want to create the stripe volume, select Discard Changes Then Exit this
7
Menu.
If you are ready to create the stripe volume, Select Save Changes Then Exit This
Menu and press <Enter>.
Press
.
Advanced Features
61