AHCI and RAID on HP Elite 8100 Business PCs
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13. After the first RAID volume has been created, create the second RAID volume by opening the Intel
Rapid Storage Console, clicking View > Advanced Mode, and then clicking Actions/Create
RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive.
14. Click Next.
15. Use the same values you entered in the previous RAID volume confirmation and type the RAID Vol-
ume Name, select the RAID Level (for three hard drive RAID 0 or RAID 5 only), and select the
Strip Size.
NOTE: HP currently supports only the default Strip Size (in this case 64KB).
16. Click Next to see the selection of hard drives that will be part of this RAID volume.
17. Because this is the second volume for this set of hard drives, select the existing name in the Avail-
able box (Array 0000), and then click the right arrow to move this array into the Selected box.
18. Click Next.
The Specify Volume Size screen is grayed out because the second volume of this Matrix RAID Mode takes
the remaining space. After the selection of the all hard drive members of this RAID volume, follow the vol-
ume size selection screen.
NOTE: The first array volume creation is the place for adjusting the size; the second volume will take any
remaining space.
19. While creating the second RAID volume, click Next to open the completion window.
20. Select Finish to start the migration process, which can take a few hours. The following screen
appears.
You can see the state of the Matrix RAID Mode created by opening the Intel Rapid Storage Console and
clicking View > Advanced Mode. The Matrix RAID Mode of three hard drives is illustrated in the fol-
lowing image.
Migration to Matrix RAID 1 and RAID 0 from two non-RAID hard drives
using Intel Rapid Storage Console
The migration process for two hard drives to RAID Matrix Mode (0 + 1) is very similar to the process
described in the section about migration of three hard drives to matrix mode RAID (0 + 5). The difference
in the process is selecting two hard drives as part of the volume created and selecting RAID 5 instead of
RAID 1.