Dell Precision T3400 (Late 2007) User Manual
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About RAID Configurations
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2 Press <Ctrl><i> when you are prompted to enter the Intel
RAID Option
ROM utility.
3 Press the up- and down-arrow keys to highlight Create RAID Volume, and
press <Enter>.
4 Enter a RAID volume name or accept the default, and press <Enter>.
5 Press the up- and down-arrow keys to select RAID0(Stripe), and press
<Enter>.
6 If more than two hard drives are available, press the up- and down-arrow
keys and spacebar to select the two or three drives that you want to use to
make up your configuration, and then press <Enter>.
NOTE:
Select the strip size closest to the size of the average file that you want to
store on the RAID volume. If you do not know the average file size, choose 128 KB
as your strip size.
7 Press the up- and down-arrow keys to change the strip size and press
<Enter>.
8 Select the desired capacity for the volume and press <Enter>. The default
value is the maximum available size.
9 Press <Enter> to create the volume.
10 Press <y> to confirm that you want to create the RAID volume.
11 Confirm that the correct volume configuration is displayed on the main
Intel RAID Option ROM utility screen.
12 Press the up- and down-arrow keys to select Exit and press <Enter>.
13 Install the operating system (see "Restoring Your Operating System" on
Creating a RAID Level 1 Configuration
1 Set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see "Setting Your Computer to
RAID-Enabled Mode" on page 48).
2 Press <Ctrl><i> when you are prompted to enter the Intel RAID Option
ROM utility.
3 Use the up- and down-arrow keys to highlight Create RAID Volume and
press <Enter>.
4 Enter a RAID volume name or accept the default and press <Enter>.