Chapter7.InstallingharddiskdrivesandconguringRAID
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ThischaptercontainsinformationaboutinstallingharddiskdrivesandconguringRedundantArrayof
IndependentDisks(RAID)forthisproduct.
Note:TheinformationaboutconguringRAIDinthischapterisapplicableonlyforaWindowsenvironment.
ForinformationaboutconguringRAIDinaLinuxenvironment,contactyourLinuxsoftwareprovider.
InstallingSATAharddiskdrivesandconguringRAID
ThissectioncontainsinformationabouttherequirednumberofSATAharddiskdrivesforthesupportedlevel
ofRAIDandSATARAIDconguration.
InstallingSATAharddiskdrives
YourcomputermusthavetheminimumnumberofSATAharddiskdrivesinstalledforthesupportedlevelof
RAIDbelow:
•RAIDLevel0–Stripeddiskarray
–Twoharddiskdrivesminimum
–Betterperformancewithoutfaulttolerance
•RAIDLevel1–Mirroreddiskarray
–Twoharddiskdrivesminimum
–Improvedreadperformanceand100%redundancy
•RAIDLevel5–Block-levelstripeddiskarraywithdistributedparity
–Threeharddiskdrivesminimum
–Datastripedatthebytelevel
–Stripeerrorcorrectioninformation
–Betterperformanceandfaulttolerance
ToinstallanewSATAharddiskdrive,refertotheinstallationprocedurein“Replacingaharddiskdrive”in
theThinkStationHardwareInstallationandReplacementGuide.
ConguringthesystemBIOStoenableSATARAIDfunctionality
ThissectiondescribeshowtocongurethesystemBIOStoenableSATARAIDfunctionality.
Note:Usethearrowkeysonthekeyboardtomakeselections.
1.PressF1toenterthesystemBIOSsetup.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage41.
2.SelectDevices®IDEDrivesSetupandpressEnter.
3.SelectSATARAIDEnableandpressEnter.
4.SelectEnabledandpressEnter.
5.PressF10tosavethenewsettingsandexit.
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