RAID configuration allows your system to have built in redundancy to protect against defective sectors of your drive or read errors. This configuration does not protect against catastrophic failures (for example, fire or water). Depending on your requirements there are different RAID levels, which provide different ways for the data to be split across the two hard drives. Before you attempt to setup RAID configuration, ensure that you have two 2.5 SATA hard drives that are identical. Before you attempt to setup RAID configuration, ensure that you have two 2.5 SATA hard drives already installed in the unit. For information on how to install multiple hard drives, refer to Installing or removing SATA hard drives.
The two hard drives that you use for RAID configuration must be the same size and model.
To configure RAID on the 4Sight XV7 unit, follow the steps below:
Ensure two hard drives are mounted, powered, and connected to the inside of your chassis. For information on how to install multiple hard drives, refer to Installing or removing SATA hard drives.
Restart your unit and boot into the UEFI1 setting by pressing F12 at the boot screen.
Navigate to the
Advanced
screen and select
Intel ® Rapid Storage Technology
.
On this screen select
Create RAID volume
.
Enter a name for your RAID volume, select the RAID level, and select the hard drive to use to create the volume. Once this is done you can select
create volume
and the configuration will begin.
RAID levels 0 and 1 are supported by the 4Sight XV7
Once the configuration is complete, it will appear in the
Advanced
screen under the listed RAID volumes. Press F10 to Save the configuration and your unit will restart.
