RAID 5
To begin setting up a RAID in MegaRAID Storage Manager, you will first need to open the software:
Double click the icon on the desktop, when opening for the first time you will be greeted with the following screen:
It may take some time to load and find your local NVR, you can also change the IP Address to 127.0.0.1, which will speed up this process.
Once it has loaded, double click the IP Address highlighted blue, and enter the Windows Username and Password. MegaRAID will fully load after correct input.
When loaded, you will see its main menu:
Once confirmed, head back to Dashboard and select “Create Virtual Drive”, depicted by the red rectangle in the below picture
You will now be greeted with the menu. Select the “Advanced” radio button and click next.
You should now see the following interface, select RAID Level 5 firstly:
Once you have selected RAID 5, highlight and select all drives in the left-hand box and click Add to add them to the controller on the right
When they have been added, click “Create Drive Group”
After making the drive group, click next.