Dell Dimension 9200 - Manual (Page 45)

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5 Enter a RAID volume name or accept the default name.
6 From the drop-down box, select RAID 1 as the RAID level.
7 On the Select Source Hard Drive screen, double-click the hard drive from which you want to migrate,
and click Next.
NOTE:
The source hard drive should be the hard drive containing the data or operating system files that you
want to keep on the RAID volume.
8 On the Select Member Hard Drive screen, double-click the hard drive to select the member drive that
you want to act as the mirror in the configuration, then click Next.
9 On the Specify Volume Size screen, select the volume size you want, then click Next.
NOTICE:
The next step will result in the loss of all data on the member drive.
10 Click Finish to start migrating, or click Back to make changes. You can use your computer normally
during migration process.
Creating a Spare Hard Drive
A spare hard drive may be created with a RAID level 1 configuration. The spare hard drive will not be
recognized by the operating system, but you will be able to see the spare drive from within Disk Manager
or the Intel RAID Option ROM utility. When a member of the RAID level 1 configuration fails, the
computer automatically rebuilds the mirror configuration using the spare hard drive as the failed
member’s replacement.
To mark a drive as a spare hard drive:
1 Click the Start button and point to Programs→ Intel Application Accelerator→ Intel Matrix Storage
Manager to launch the Intel Storage Utility.
2 Right-click the hard drive you want to mark as a spare hard drive.
3 Click Mark as Spare.
To remove a drive as a spare hard drive:
1 Right-click the spare hard drive icon.
2 Click Reset Hard Drive to Non-RAID.
Rebuilding a Degraded RAID Level 1 Configuration
If your computer does not have a spare hard drive, and the computer has reported a degraded RAID level
1 volume, you can manually rebuild the computer’s redundancy mirror to a new hard drive by performing
the following steps:
1 Click the Start button and point to Programs→ Intel Application Accelerator→ Intel Matrix Storage
Manager to launch the Intel Storage Utility.
2 Right-click the available hard drive to which you want to rebuild the RAID level 1 volume, then click
Rebuild to this Disk.
You can use your computer while the computer is rebuilding the RAID level 1 volume.
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