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ConfiguringtheadvancedSATAorSAShardwareRAID
SomeservermodelscomewitharequiredRAIDcardtoprovideadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID
functionstotheserver.YoualsocanpurchasetheRAIDcardfromLenovoandinstallitintoservermodels
thatsupporttheRAIDcardtogetadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDfunctions.See“RAIDcard”onpage
29
and“InstallingorremovingtheRAIDcard”onpage82formoreinformation.
Note:ForservermodelswithmorethanfourharddiskdrivesormodelsthatuseSASharddiskdrives,a
RAIDcardmustbeinstalled.
TheRAIDcardprovidestheWebBIOSConfigurationUtilityprogramtohelpyouconfigureRAIDindependently
oftheoperatingsystem.YoualsocaninstalltheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramandtheMegaCLI
ConfigurationUtilityprogramtohelpyoumanagetheRAIDarrayandRAIDcontrollerinanoperatingsystem
environment.ThesupportedRAIDlevelsareRAID0,1,and10bydefault.FortheThinkServerRAID500
Adapter,toactivateRAID5and50levels,youneedtoinstallaRAID5keyontheRAIDcard.See“Installing
orremovingtheThinkServerRAID500UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAID”onpage84
.
TheinstallationpackagesfortheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramandtheMegaCLIConfiguration
UtilityprogramareontheThinkServerEasyStartupDVD.Afteryouentertheoperatingsystem,insertthe
ThinkServerEasyStartupDVDintotheopticaldrive.Theinstallationpackagesfortheprogramsarelocatedin
theUtilitiesandOthersfolderintherootdirectoryoftheDVD.
Note:TheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDisdesignedfordifferenttypesofserversandtheUtilitiesandOthers
foldermightcontainadditionalinstallationpackagesthatarenotrequiredtobeinstalledintoyourserver.
ForinstructionsonhowtoconfigureandmanagetheadvancedSATAorSAShardwareRAID,referto
theMegaRAIDSASSoftwareUserGuideonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver.This
documentisalsoavailableontheLenovoWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/UserManuals
ConfiguringRAIDusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram
TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimplifiestheprocessofconfiguringsupportedRAIDandinstalling
supportedWindowsandLinuxoperatingsystemsanddevicedriversonyourserver.Theuserguideforthe
programcanbeaccesseddirectlyfromtheprograminterface.
TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramhasthefollowingfeaturesforRAIDconfiguration:
ForusewithallsupportedRAIDcontrollers
AutomaticallydetectshardwareandlistsallsupportedRAIDconfigurations
Configuresoneormorediskarrayspercontrollerdependingonthenumberofdrivesattachedtothe
controllerandtheRAIDlevelselected
Supportshot-sparedrives
CreatesaRAIDresponsefilethatcanbeusedtoconfigureRAIDcontrollersonsimilarlyconfigured
Lenovoservers
See“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”onpage54
andviewtheuserguidefromthemain
interfaceoftheprogram.
SomeRAIDmanagementsoftwarealsoisprovidedontheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDtohelpyoumanage
RAIDarraysandRAIDcontrollersinanoperatingsystemenvironment.Afteryouentertheoperatingsystem,
inserttheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDintotheopticaldrive.Theinstallationpackagesfortheprogramsare
locatedintheUtilitiesandOthersfolderintherootdirectoryoftheDVD.TheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDis
designedfordifferenttypesofserversandtheUtilitiesandOthersfoldermightcontainadditionalinstallation
packagesthatarenotrequiredtobeinstalledintoyourserver.Formoreinformation,see“Installingand
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