Specifications

RAID
Installation and Configuration Guide 63
Setting Up a Logical Drive
You must format unallocated disk space to record data to the drives:
1 Exit to Windows.
2 Right-click My Computer. Select Manage. The Computer Management window appears.
3 Under Storage, click Disk Management.
Disk 1 shows Unallocated Disk Space for the 4 data drives combined.
4 Right-click in the Unallocated space. Select Create Partition. A Create Partition Wizard
appears.
5 Click Next.
6 Select Extended Partition. Click Next.
7 Under the Amount of disk space to use, leave the default (maximum available space).
Warning
Before clicking Next, divide this default number by 5, then record the result (rounded to the nearest whole number)
for the upcoming creation of 5 logical drives of equal size.
8 Click Next.
9 Click Finish.
10 Right-click in the Extended Partition light green, Free Space.
11 Select Create Logical Drive.
12 The Create Partition Wizard appears. Click Next.
13 Leave the Logical Drive selection. Click Next.
14 Next to the Amount of disk space to use, enter the number you recorded equaling 1/5 of the
total Extended Partition’s size. Click Next.
15 Leave the Assign a drive letter default. Click Next.
16 Under Format Partition, leave all defaults. Select Perform a Quick Format. Click Next.
17 Click Finish.
18 Repeat this process for the remaining 4 logical drives. Leave the last logical drive you create
with the remaining space in the Amount of disk space to use box.
19 Exit Computer Management.
Setting Up a Drive at the Intellex Level
1 Double-click the Drive-Config icon on the desktop.
2 Click OK.
3 Click OK at the Data Drives found prompt.
Launch Intellex to resume normal operation.