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Creating a RAID 0 Configuration on a SAS 5/iR Controller or on a SAS 6/iR Controller

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Creating a RAID 0 Configuration on a SAS 5/iR Controller or on a SAS 6/iR Controller Follow these steps to create a RAID 0 configuration on a Dell system with a SAS 5/iR controller or with a SAS 6/iR controller: 1 Select a Dell SAS 5/iR or a Dell SAS 6/iR controller in the left panel of the Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager window, and then select Operations-> Configuration-> Configuration Wizard. 2 In the Configuration Wizard, select two or more available drives in the left panel. Click the right-arrow Add button to move the selected drives to the right panel. NOTICE: Be sure you do not select the disk drive on which the operating system is installed. 3 Click Accept to accept these drives for the new RAID 0 disk group. NOTE: To remove a single drive from a proposed disk group, select the drive icon in the right panel of the Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager window and click the left-arrow button. 4 Click Next. The next Configuration Wizard window appears. 5 Select the disk group to use for the new virtual disk. 6 In the right panel, select RAID 0 as the RAID level. 7 Click Accept to accept the configuration of the new virtual disk. NOTE: Click the Reclaim button if you want to undo a virtual disk that you just defined. (For more information, see the Glossary entry for reclaim virtual disk.) 8 Select an available disk for another virtual disk and define its properties, or click Next to go to the next configuration step. (You can define up to two virtual disks.) The virtual disk summary window appears. 9 Review the configuration shown in the window. If you want to change something, click Back and change the configuration parameters. 10 Click Finish to accept the configuration and start the initialization process. 22 Configuration

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Configuration
Creating a RAID 0 Configuration on a SAS 5/iR Controller or on a
SAS 6/iR Controller
Follow these steps to create a RAID 0 configuration on a Dell system with a
SAS 5/iR controller or with a SAS 6/iR controller:
1
Select a Dell SAS 5/iR or a Dell SAS 6/iR controller in the left panel of
the Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager window, and then select
Operations-> Configuration-> Configuration Wizard
.
2
In the Configuration Wizard, select two or more available drives in the left
panel. Click the right-arrow
Add
button to move the selected drives to the
right panel.
NOTICE:
Be sure you do not select the disk drive on which the operating
system is installed.
3
Click
Accept
to accept these drives for the new RAID 0 disk group.
NOTE:
To remove a single drive from a proposed disk group, select the drive
icon in the right panel of the Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager window and
click the left-arrow button.
4
Click
Next
. The next Configuration Wizard window appears.
5
Select the disk group to use for the new virtual disk.
6
In the right panel, select RAID 0 as the RAID level.
7
Click
Accept
to accept the configuration of the new virtual disk.
NOTE:
Click the
Reclaim
button if you want to undo a virtual disk that you just
defined. (For more information, see the Glossary entry for
reclaim virtual disk
.)
8
Select an available disk for another virtual disk and define its properties, or
click
Next
to go to the next configuration step. (You can define up to two
virtual disks.) The virtual disk summary window appears.
9
Review the configuration shown in the window. If you want to change
something, click
Back
and change the configuration parameters.
10
Click
Finish
to accept the configuration and start the initialization
process.