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3 Configuring RAID in a Dell workstation | 1.0
Table of contents
Revisions............................................................................................................................................................................. 2
1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................... 5
1.1 Overview ............................................................................................................................................................. 5
1.2 Scope .................................................................................................................................................................. 5
1.3 Glossary of Terms .............................................................................................................................................. 5
1.4 Related Links ...................................................................................................................................................... 6
2 RAID Introduction ......................................................................................................................................................... 7
2.1 RAID 0 – Data striping across drives for faster read/write performance ............................................................ 7
2.2 RAID 1 – Data mirroring (100% redundancy) for data protection ...................................................................... 8
2.3 RAID 5 – Striping (performance) and data protection via parity ......................................................................... 9
2.4 RAID 10 – A “stripe of mirrors” ......................................................................................................................... 10
3 Platforms and Supported Controllers ......................................................................................................................... 11
3.1 Intel
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RSTe ....................................................................................................................................................... 11
3.2 Intel
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VROC ...................................................................................................................................................... 11
3.3 Broadcom MegaRAID SAS controllers ............................................................................................................. 12
3.3.1 Legacy BIOS Configuration Utility – No Support .............................................................................................. 12
3.3.2 Profiles and NVMe support ............................................................................................................................... 13
4 Configuring RAID with Intel RSTe .............................................................................................................................. 14
4.1 Configuring RAID using Legacy OROM configuration utility ............................................................................ 14
4.1.1 Creating a RAID Volume .................................................................................................................................. 14
4.1.2 Deleting a RAID Volume ................................................................................................................................... 19
4.2 Configuring RAID using UEFI-HII ..................................................................................................................... 21
4.2.1 Creating a RAID Volume .................................................................................................................................. 21
4.2.2 Deleting a RAID Volume ................................................................................................................................... 27
5 Configuring RAID with Intel VROC ............................................................................................................................. 31
5.1 Enabling Intel VMD Technology ....................................................................................................................... 31
5.2 Creating a RAID Volume .................................................................................................................................. 31
5.3 Deleting a RAID Volume ................................................................................................................................... 36
6 Broadcom MegaRAID® 9440-8i and 9460-16i Controllers ........................................................................................ 40
6.1 Creating a RAID Volume .................................................................................................................................. 40
6.1.1 Creating a RAID10 Volume .............................................................................................................................. 44
6.2 Deleting a RAID Volume ................................................................................................................................... 48