10. When finished, select Exit and press Enter.
Deleting RAID volumes
To delete RAID volumes, do the following:
1. During the system startup, press Ctrl+I when prompted to enter the Intel Rapid Storage Technology
enterprise option ROM configuration utility.
2. Use the up and down arrow keys to select Delete RAID Volume and press Enter.
3. Use the arrow keys to select the RAID volume to be deleted and press Delete.
4. When prompted, press Y to confirm the deletion of the selected RAID volume. Deleting a RAID volume
will reset the hard disk drives to non-RAID.
5. After deleting a RAID volume, you can:
• Return to step 2 to delete additional RAID volumes.
• Create a new RAID volume. See “Creating RAID volumes” on page 35 .
• Use the up and down arrow keys to select Exit and press Enter.
Resetting disks to non-RAID
To reset your hard disk drives to non-RAID, do the following:
1. During system startup, press Ctrl+I when prompted to enter the Intel Rapid Storage Technology
enterprise option ROM configuration utility.
2. Use the up and down arrow keys to select Reset Disks to Non-RAID and press Enter.
3. Use the arrow keys and the space key to mark individual physical hard disk drives to be reset, and then
press Enter to complete the selection.
4. When prompted, press Y to confirm the reset action.
5. After resetting the hard disk drives to non-RAID, you can:
• Delete a RAID volume. See “Deleting RAID volumes” on page 36.
• Create a RAID volume. See “Creating RAID volumes” on page 35.
• Use the up and down arrow keys to select Exit and press Enter.
Marking disks as spare
To mark hard disk drives as spare drives, do the following:
1. During the system startup, press Ctrl+I when prompted to enter the Intel Rapid Storage Technology
enterprise option ROM configuration utility.
2. Use the up and down arrow keys to select Mark Disks as Spare and press Enter.
3. Use the arrow keys to locate a hard disk drive and press the space key to select or deselect the hard
disk drive. You can select multiple hard disk drives if required. Then, press Enter to complete the
selection.
4. When prompted, press Y to confirm the operation.
Note: Marking a hard disk drive as a spare drive will remove all data on the drive.
5. When finished, select Exit and press Enter.
Notes: If your server has one of the following Linux operating systems installed, continue with the
corresponding actions:
• For the Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.7 operating system, add the following line to the end of the /etc/mdadm.
conf file and restart the operating system.
POLICY domain=DOMAIN path=* metadata=imsm action=spare-same-slot
• For the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11.4 operating system, do the following:
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