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Intel® RAID Software User Guide 130
4. Choose the configuration method and click Next.
Figure 65. Intel
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RAID BIOS Console 2 – Configuration Methods
The following configuration methods options are provided:
— Automatic Configuration
There are two options in Redundancy. Redun
dancy When Possible or No
Redundancy.
Redundancy When Possible configures configure
s RAID 1 for systems with
two drives or RAID 5 for systems with three or more drives, or RAID 6 for
systems with three or more drives. All available physical drives are included in
the virtual drive using all available capacity on the disks.
No Redundancy configures all available drives as a
RAID 0 virtual drive.
There is a D
rive Security Method option which is reserved to be enabled in
future.
Note: Y
ou must designate hot-spare drives before starting auto configuration using
all available capacity on the disks.
— Manual Configuration
Allows you to configure the RAID mode.
Note: Au
tomatic Configuration cannot be used for RAID 10, 50, or 60 or with mixed SATA and
SAS drives.