DELL NX046 User Manual

Advanced Features

1 Click the Start button and point to Programs→ Intel(R) Matrix Storage 

Manager→ Intel Matrix Storage Console to launch the Intel Storage 

Utility.

2 Right-click the available hard drive to which you want to rebuild the RAID 

level 1 or 5 volume, and click 

Rebuild to this Disk.

3 You can use your computer while the computer is rebuilding the RAID 

level 1 or 5 volume.

You will lose any data on your hard drives when you create a RAID 

configuration using the following procedure. Back up data that you want to keep 

before continuing.

Use the following procedure only if you are reinstalling your operating 

system. Do not use the following procedure to migrate an existing storage 

configuration to RAID level 0 configuration.

You will lose any data on your hard drives when you create a RAID 

configuration using the following procedure. Back up data that you want to keep 

before continuing.

1 Set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see "Setting Your Computer to 

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>.