Creating Raid Volumes; Deleting Raid Volumes - Lenovo ThinkPad T520 Hardware Maintenance Manual

Creating RAID volumes

This topic describes how to use the Intel Rapid Storage Technology option ROM configuration utility to
create RAID volumes.
To create RAID volumes, do the following:
1. Turn on the computer.
2. When a message Press <Ctrl-I> to enter Configuration Utility is displayed, press Ctr+I.
3. On the Intel Rapid Storage Technology option ROM screen, select Create RAID Volume, and then
press Enter.
4. Follow the instructions on the screen to select the RAID level and fill in other fields.
5. Select Create Volume. When a dialog box is displayed, press Y.
Attention: All the existing data stored on the selected drive will be erased while the RAID volume
is being created.
6. Exit the configuration utility.

Deleting RAID volumes

This topic describes how to use the Intel Rapid Storage Technology option ROM configuration utility to
delete RAID volumes.
To delete a RAID volume, do the following:
1. Turn on the computer.
2. When a message Press <Ctrl-I> to enter Configuration Utility is displayed, press Ctr+I.
3. On the Intel Rapid Storage Technology option ROM screen, select the RAID volume to be deleted,
and then press Delete.
4. When a dialog box is displayed, press Y to confirm the deletion of the selected RAID volume.
5. Exit the configuration utility.
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