Dell Inspiron 530 Owner's Manual - Page 49
Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode, Configuring for RAID Using the Intel® Option ROM Utility
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Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode 1 Enter the system setup (see "Entering System Setup" on page 188). 2 Press the left- and right- arrow keys to highlight Integrated Peripherals and press . 3 Press the up- and down- arrow keys to highlight Drive Controller, and then press . 4 Press the up- and down- arrow keys to highlight SATA Mode, and then press to access the options. 5 Press the up- and down- arrow keys to highlight RAID, and then press to enable RAID. 6 Press to save and exit System Setup. Configuring for RAID Using the Intel® Option ROM Utility NOTE: Although any size drives may be used to create a RAID configuration using the Intel Option ROM utility, ideally the drives should be of equal size. In a RAID level 0 configuration, the size of the array will be the size of the smallest disk multiplied by the number (two) of disks in the array. In a RAID level 1 configuration, the size of the array will be the smaller of the two disks used. Creating a RAID Level 1 Configuration 1 Set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode" on page 49). 2 Press when you are prompted to enter Intel RAID Option ROM. 3 Use the up- and down-arrow keys to highlight Create RAID Volume, and press . 4 Enter a RAID volume name or accept the default, and press . 5 Use the up- and down-arrow keys to select RAID1(Mirror), and press . 6 If there are more than two hard disks available, use the up- and down-arrow keys and space bar to select the two disks you want to use to make up your array, and then press . 7 Select the desired capacity for the volume, and press . The default value is the maximum available size. Setting Up and Using Your Computer 49