Dell Precision T7400 User's Guide - Page 46
Creating a RAID Level 1 Configuration, Save changes, Adapter List, RAID Properties, Create IM Volume
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NOTICE: All data will be lost upon creation of the RAID volume. Dell recommends backing up your data before performing these steps. When creating an IS (striped) RAID volume: • All drives must be either Dell compliant SAS or SATA hard drives. • SAS and SATA hard drives cannot be used in the same RAID volume. • Drives must have 512 byte blocks and must not have removable media. • There can be at minimum of 2 and a maximum of 4 hard drives in a RAID volume. 5 Press and then select Save changes when the RAID volume has been fully configured. 6 Exit this menu to save the changes. The Configuration Utility will pause while the RAID volume is being created. Creating a RAID Level 1 Configuration Follow these steps to create a RAID 1 volume on a SAS 6/iR controller that does not currently have a RAID volume configured. 1 Select a controller from the Adapter List in the Configuration Utility. 2 Select the RAID Properties option. 3 Select Create IM Volume when you are prompted to create either an IS (striped) RAID volume or an IM (mirrored) RAID volume. The next screen shows a list of hard drives that can be added to a RAID volume. 4 Move the cursor to the RAID Disk column. To add a hard drive to the RAID volume, change "No" to "Yes" by pressing the , , or space bar. As hard drives are added, the Virtual Disk Size field changes to reflect the new size of the RAID volume. NOTICE: All data will be lost upon creation of the RAID volume. Dell recommends backing up your data before performing these steps. When creating an IM (mirrored) RAID volume: • All drives must be either Dell compliant SAS or SATA hard drives. • SAS and SATA hard drives cannot be used in the same RAID volume. 46 Advanced Features