https://community.hpe.com/t5/windows-server-2003/sbs-2003-disks/m-p/4249280#M5151 It is ok.<BR />Basic/dynamic disk terminology not related to RAID level. You don't see RAID level in windows disk management because you have hardware level RAID. Mon, 11 Aug 2008 05:04:16 GMT Igor Karasik 2008-08-11T05:04:16Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/windows-server-2003/sbs-2003-disks/m-p/4249279#M5150 Hi<BR /><BR />I have HP dl380 g5 and i have used HP smartstart to configure raid 1 and raid 5. after completing installation when i go to disk management it shows me the disks as basic disks where as in hp management tools the fault tolerence is shown as mirroring and raid 5. is it right. Sun, 10 Aug 2008 04:53:30 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/windows-server-2003/sbs-2003-disks/m-p/4249279#M5150 trbal 2008-08-10T04:53:30Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/windows-server-2003/sbs-2003-disks/m-p/4249280#M5151 It is ok.<BR />Basic/dynamic disk terminology not related to RAID level. You don't see RAID level in windows disk management because you have hardware level RAID. Mon, 11 Aug 2008 05:04:16 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/windows-server-2003/sbs-2003-disks/m-p/4249280#M5151 Igor Karasik 2008-08-11T05:04:16Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/windows-server-2003/sbs-2003-disks/m-p/4249281#M5152 Thx for the reply Mon, 11 Aug 2008 05:47:34 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/windows-server-2003/sbs-2003-disks/m-p/4249281#M5152 trbal 2008-08-11T05:47:34Z