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Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode

1 Enter the system setup (see "Entering System Setup" on page 188).
2 Press the left- and right- arrow keys to highlight Integrated Peripherals and 

press <Enter>. 

3 Press the up- and down- arrow keys to highlight Drive Controller, and then 

press <Enter>.

4 Press the up- and down- arrow keys to highlight SATA Mode, and then 

press <Enter> to access the options.

5 Press the up- and down- arrow keys to highlight RAID, and then press 

<Enter> to enable RAID.

6 Press <F10> to save and exit System Setup. 

Configuring for RAID Using the Intel

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 Option ROM Utility

 

NOTE: 

Although any size drives may be used to create a RAID configuration using 

the Intel Option ROM utility, ideally the drives should be of equal size. In a RAID level 
0 configuration, the size of the array will be the size of the smallest disk multiplied 
by the number (two) of disks in the array. In a RAID level 1 configuration, the size of 
the array will be the smaller of the two disks used.

Creating a RAID Level 1 Configuration

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

2 Press <Ctrl><i> when you are prompted to enter Intel RAID Option 

ROM.

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>.
5 Use the up- and down-arrow keys to select RAID1(Mirror), and press 

<Enter>.

6 If there are more than two hard disks available, use the up- and 

down-arrow keys and space bar to select the two disks you want to use to 
make up your array, and then press <Enter>.

7 Select the desired capacity for the volume, and press <Enter>. 

The default value is the maximum available size.

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