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Chapter 6
Step 3: Create a RAID Volume
1. When the Intel
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RST option ROM status screen displays during POST, press <Ctrl> and
<I> simultaneously to enter the option ROM user interface.
2. Select 1: Create RAID Volume and press <Enter>.
3. Use the up or down arrow keys to select the RAID level and press <Enter>.
4. Use the up or down arrow keys to select the strip size and press <Enter>.
5. Press <Enter> to select the physical disks.
6. Use the up or down arrow keys to scroll through the list of hard drives and press <Space>
to select the drive.
7. Press <Enter>.
8. Select the volume size and press <Enter>. You must select less than one hundred percent
of the available volume space to leave space for the second volume.
9. Press <Enter> to create the volume.
10. At the prompt, press <Y> to confirm volume creation.
11. Select 4: Exit and press <Enter>.
12. Press <Y> to confirm exit.
Note:
These steps are cited from the Intel
®
Support site, “Set Up a System with Intel
®
Matrix RAID Technology” (Article ID: 000005789).
Step 3-1: Create a RAID Volume if the boot type is UEFI
If the boot type is set to UEFI, RAID volume creation will be different. Please use the follow-
ing steps to create RAID volumes. To set the boot type, enter the BIOS utility and go to “Boot”
>”Boot type”.
1. In the BIOS, go to the “Advanced” > “Device Manager”.
2. Select Device Manager. The system will prompt you that it is going to exit the BIOS utility.
Select “OK” to continue.
3. The “Intel
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Rapid Storage Technology” menu appears. Enter this menu.
