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inserttheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDintotheopticaldrive.Theinstallationpackagesfortheprograms
arelocatedintheUtilitiesandOthersfolderintherootdirectoryoftheDVD.TheThinkServerEasyStartup
DVDisdesignedfordifferenttypesofserversandtheUtilitiesandOthersfoldermightcontainadditional
installationpackagesthatarenotrequiredtobeinstalledonyourserver.
ConfiguringtheThinkServerRAID100orRAID300
TheThinkServerRAID100orRAID300(alsoknownasonboardSATA/SASsoftwareRAID)isintegratedin
thePCHonthesystemboard.Ifyouconnectthesignalcablesfromthesystemboardtotheharddiskdrives
orbackplane,youcanconfigureRAIDfortheharddiskdrivesusingtheLSISoftwareRAIDConfiguration
Utilityprogram,independentlyoftheoperatingsystem.TheThinkServerRAID100orRAID300supports
RAIDlevels0,1,and10bydefault.YoualsocanactivateRAID5byinstallingaThinkServerRAID100or
RAID300UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAID.See“InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID100orRAID
300upgradekeyforAdvancedRAID”onpage118
.
YoucaninstallandusetheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramtomanagetheRAIDarrayandRAID
controllerinanoperatingsystemenvironment.
BeforeconfiguringRAIDforyourserver,observethefollowingprecautions:
Useharddiskdrivesthatareofthesametype(SATAorSAS)andhavethesamecapacitywithina
singleRAIDarray.
ThetotaldrivecapacityoftheprimaryRAIDarrayislimitedto2TB.
RAIDarraystatus
Whenyouturnontheserver,theRAIDcontrollerROMversion,theRAIDarraystatus,andthelistofavailable
harddiskdriveswillbedisplayedduringthePOST.
TheRAIDarraystatuscanbeoneofthefollowing:
Online
Thisisthenormalstatus,whichindicatesthattheRAIDarrayisworkingcorrectly.
Degrade
ThisstatusindicatesthatmorethanoneharddiskdriveintheRAIDarraycannotbesynchronizedorhave
failed.Youneedtoreplacethefailingharddiskdrivesandrebuildthedata.See“Installingorreplacinga
hot-swapharddiskdrive”onpage135
and“Rebuildingaphysicaldrive”onpage77.
Offline
ThisstatusindicatesthattheRAIDarrayhasfailedandcannotberebuilt.YouneedtocreateanewRAID
array.See“Creating,adding,ordeletingaRAIDarray”onpage76.
StartingtheLSISoftwareRAIDConfigurationUtilityprogram
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtostarttheLSISoftwareRAIDConfigurationUtilityprogram.
TostarttheLSISoftwareRAIDConfigurationUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:
1.Turnontheserver.
2.DuringthePOST,whenyouseethemessage“PressCtrl-MorEntertorunLSISoftwareRAIDSetup
Utility,immediatelypressCtrl+MtostarttheLSISoftwareRAIDConfigurationUtilityprogram.
LSISoftwareRAIDConfigurationUtilityprograminterface
ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutthemenusanditemsintheLSISoftwareRAIDConfigurationUtility
program.Dependingontheversionoftheprogram,somemenuoriteminformationmightdifferslightlyfrom
theinformationinthistopic.
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