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Chapter5.InstallingandconguringRAID

ThischapterpresentsfollowinginformationaboutattachingSATAdevicesandconguringRAIDforthe

RAID-supportedmodelsinthisproduct.

Note:WhentheBIOSwasformattedorthesystemboardwasreplacedintheRAID-supportedmodels,

RAIDisenabledbydefault.

ImportantnoticesforsettingRAID:

BeforeyouinstallandcongureRAID,makesureofthecurrentRAIDsettingonthecomputeryouare

servicing.

ThisproductsupportseitherRAIDLevel0(RAID0)orRAIDLevel1(RAID1).ConrmtheRAIDsetting

informationprovidedfromthecustomeratrst,thenproceedwiththeinstallation.

GoodornonfailingdriveshavetobeinHDDbay0ifyouhaveRAID1.

•“SupportedRAIDcongurations”onpage53

•“ConguringthesystemBIOStoenableembeddedSATARAIDfunctionality”onpage53

•“CreatingRAIDvolumes”onpage53

•“DeletingRAIDvolumes”onpage54

SupportedRAIDcongurations

ThefollowingRAIDcongurationsaresupportedonThinkPadW510:

RAIDLevel0(RAID0)–Stripeddiskarray

Betterperformanceandnofaulttolerance.

RAIDLevel1(RAID1)–Mirroreddiskarray

Improvedreadperformanceand100%redundancy.

ConguringthesystemBIOStoenableembeddedSATARAID

functionality

ToconguretheBIOSforRAID,doasfollows:

1.PressF1toentertheBIOSSetupUtilitymenu.

2.SelectCong.

3.SelectSerialATA(SATA).

4.SelectSATAControllerModeOption

5.SelectRAID

6.PressF10tosavethesettings.

Note:SATAControllerModeOptionisrecoveredtoRAIDbydefault.Whenyouuseothermodebefore

loaddefaultsettinginBIOSSetupUtilitymenusuchasF9key,youhavetorestorethesettingasyoulike.

CreatingRAIDvolumes

ThissectiondescribeshowtousetheIntel

RapidStorageTechnologyoptionROMCongurationUtilityto

createRAIDvolumes.

TocreateRAIDvolumes,doasfollows:

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