Intel SR1670HV Service Guide - Page 101

Selecting the RAID Level, Enabling the Disk Write Cache Setting,

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Embedded SATA RAID Figure 126. Selecting the RAID Level 7. When creating a RAID 1 or a RAID 10 set, select DWC from the Virtual Drive menu, and then press . 8. Select On to enable the Disk Write Cache setting, and then press . Figure 127. Enabling the Disk Write Cache Setting NOTE: Enabling DWC can improve performance, but with the risk of data loss. If the New Configuration option was selected from the Configuration Menu, you have the option to define the virtual drive size. Select Size from the Virtual Drive menu. The default value uses all available drive capacity. Entering a smaller value gives you the option to create multiple virtual drives within a common RAID set. 9. When finished setting the selected virtual drive configuration, select Accept from the menu, and then press . Figure 128. Accepting the Virtual Drive Configuration 10. Repeat the preceding steps to configure additional RAID sets if needed. 11. Press to finish the RAID configuration. 86 Intel® Server System SR1670HV Service Guide

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Embedded SATA RAID
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Figure 126. Selecting the RAID Level
7.
When creating a
RAID 1 or a RAID 10 set, select DWC from the Virtual Drive menu,
and then press <Enter>.
8.
Select On to enable the Disk Write Cache setting, and then press <Enter>.
Figure 127. Enabling the Disk Write Cache Setting
NOTE:
Enabling DWC can improve performance, but with the risk of data loss.
If the New Configuration
option was selected from the Configuration Menu, you have the
option to define the virtual drive size. Select Size from the Virtual Drive menu. The default
value uses all available drive capacity. Entering a smaller value gives you the option to
create multiple virtual drives within a common RAID set.
9.
When finished setting the selected virtual drive configuration, select Accept from the
menu, and then press <Enter>.
Figure 128. Accepting the Virtual Drive Configuration
10. Repeat the preceding steps to configure additional RAID sets if needed.
11. Press <Esc> to finish the RAID configuration.