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ToinstallandusetheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogram,refertothefollowingchaptersintheMegaRAID
SASSoftwareUserGuideonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver:
Note:SomeinformationinthesechaptersmightbeintendedfortheadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID
congurationsandmightnotapplytotheThinkServerRAID300congurations.
“MegaRAIDStorageManagerOverviewandInstallation”
“MegaRAIDStorageManagerWindowandMenus”
“MonitoringSystemEventsandStorageDevices”
“MaintainingandManagingStorageCongurations”
TheMegaRAIDSASSoftwareUserGuidealsoisavailableontheLenovoWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkServerUserGuides
ConguringtheadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID
BeforeconguringRAIDforyourserver,observethefollowingprecautions:
Useharddiskdrivesthatareofthesametype(SATAorSAS)andhavethesamecapacitywithina
singleRAIDarray.
ThetotaldrivecapacityoftheprimaryRAIDarraymightbelimitedto2TB.
SomeservermodelscomewithaRAIDcardtoprovideadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDfunctions.You
alsocanpurchaseasupportedRAIDcardfromLenovoandinstallitintotheserver.See“RAIDcard”
onpage37.
TheRAIDcardprovidestheWebBIOSCongurationUtilityprogramtohelpyoucongureRAID
independentlyoftheoperatingsystem.YoualsocaninstalltheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramand
theMegaCLICongurationUtilityprogramtohelpyoumanagetheRAIDarrayandRAIDcontrollerinan
operatingsystemenvironment.
TheinstallationpackagesfortheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramandtheMegaCLIConguration
UtilityprogramareontheThinkServerEasyStartupDVD.Afteryouentertheoperatingsystem,insertthe
ThinkServerEasyStartupDVDintotheopticaldrive.Theinstallationpackagesfortheprogramsarelocatedin
theUtilitiesandOthersfolderintherootdirectoryoftheDVD.
Note:TheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDisdesignedfordifferenttypesofserversandtheUtilitiesandOthers
foldermightcontainadditionalinstallationpackagesthatarenotrequiredtobeinstalledonyourserver.
ForinstructionsonhowtocongureandmanagetheadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID,refertothe
MegaRAIDSASSoftwareUserGuideonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver.This
documentalsoisavailableontheLenovoWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkServerUserGuides
ConguringtheEthernetcontrollers
TheEthernetcontrollersareintegratedonthesystemboard.Theyprovideaninterfaceforconnectingto
a10Mbps,100Mbps,or1000Mbpsnetworkandprovidefull-duplex(FDX)capability,whichenables
simultaneoustransmissionandreceptionofdataonthenetwork.
YoudonothavetosetanyjumpersorconguretheEthernetcontrollers.However,youmustinstalladevice
drivertoenabletheoperatingsystemtorecognizethecontrollers.
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