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68 • Chassis and Blade Installation R-Series Data Center Products User’s Guide
10. Press F10 to save your changes and exit Setup.
11. Select OK and then press Enter to reboot the blade.
You can now continue to create the RAID volume using the Intel Matrix Storage
Manager, as described in the following section.
Creating a RAID Volume Using Software RAID
This section describes how to use the Intel Matrix Storage Manager Configuration
Utility to set up and configure a RAID volume. This section assumes you are using
SATA drives and configuring software RAID.
Perform the following steps.
1. After rebooting as described above, several post screens are displayed. Press
CTRL+I when the Intel Matrix Storage Manager displays
Press <CTRL-I> to
enter Configuration Utility
at the bottom of the screen (the following figure
is an example; your screen will be similar).
Figure 36 Press CTRL+I When Prompted at the Bottom of the Screen to Display the Configuration Utility
If you do not press CTRL+I in the time provided, the message Press <ESC> to
boot
is displayed. Restart the blade (it will not boot because an OS is not installed
yet) and press CTRL+I when prompted during reboot.
2. When the Intel Matrix Storage Manager Configuration Utility is displayed, ensure
that Create RAID Volume is selected and press Enter.
NOTE
As discussed in the first step in the following section (“Creating
a RAID Volume Using Software RAID”), be prepared to press
CTRL+I when prompted after the blade reboots.
Improper RAID configuration will result in data loss. Never change
RAID configuration without making a complete system back-up.
Press CTRL+ I When This Message Is Displayed
Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v8.9.1.1002 ICH10R/DO wRAIDn
Copyright(C) 2003-09 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
RAID Volumes: * = Data is Encrypted
ID Name Level Strip Size Status Bootable
0 myRAID_n RAIDnn(RAIDnn) 64KB 596.2GB Initialize Yes
Physical Disks:
Port Drive ModelSerial # Size Type/Status(Vol ID)
0 ST9320423AS5VH0R2PP 298.0GB Member Disk(0)
1 ST9320423AS5VMSEDAW 298.0GB Member Disk(0)
2 ST9320423AS5VH4T2NI 298.0GB Member Disk(0)
3 ST9320423AS5VH9D1KY 298.0GB Member Disk(0)
Press <CTRL-I> to enter Configuration Utility...
<CTRL-I>