Dell Precision 390 User Manual

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2. Click the Start button and point to All Programs® Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager® Intel Matrix Storage Console to launch the Intel Storage Utility.3. On the Actions menu, click Create RAID Volume From Existing Hard Drive to launch the Migration Wizard.4. Click Next on the first Migration Wizard screen.5. Enter a RAID volume name or accept the default.6. From the drop-down box, select RAID 5 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.8. On the Select Member Hard Drive screen, double-click the two or three drives to select the member drives that you want to use in the configuration,and click Next.9. On the Specify Volume Size screen, select the volume size you want, and click Next.10. Click Finish to start migrating, or click Back to make changes. You can use your computer normally during migration process.Migrating to a RAID Level 10 Configuration1. Set your computer to RAID-enabled mode. See Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode.2. Click the Start button and point to All Programs® Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager® Intel Matrix Storage Console to launch the Intel Storage Utility.3. On the Actions menu, click Create RAID Volume From Existing Hard Drive to launch the Migration Wizard.4. Click Next on the first Migration Wizard screen.5. Enter a RAID volume name or accept the default.6. From the drop-down box, select RAID 10 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.8. On the Select Member Hard Drive screen, double-click the three drives to select the member drives that you want to use in the configuration, and clickNext.9. On the Specify Volume Size screen, select the volume size you want, and click Next.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 DriveA 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 ableto see the spare drive from within Disk Manager or the Intel RAID Option ROM utility. When a member of the RAID level 1 configuration is broken, the computerautomatically rebuilds the mirror configuration using the spare hard drive as the broken member's replacement.NOTE: If you do not see an Actions menu option, you have not yet set your computer to RAID-enabled mode.NOTE: Select the hard drive that you want to use as your source hard drive (it should be the hard drive containing the data or operating system filesthat you want to keep on the RAID volume).NOTE: In step 10, all data contained on the member drive will be removed.NOTE: If you do not see an Actions menu option, you have not yet set your computer to RAID-enabled mode.NOTE: Select the hard drive that you want to use as your source hard drive (it should be the hard drive containing the data or operating system filesthat you want to keep on the RAID volume).NOTE: In step 10, all data contained on the member drive will be removed.