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ConguringRAIDusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram
TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimpliestheprocessofconguringsupportedRAIDandinstalling
supportedWindowsandLinuxoperatingsystemsanddevicedriversonyourserver.Theuserguideforthe
programcanbeaccesseddirectlyfromtheprograminterface.
TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramhasthefollowingfeaturesforRAIDconguration:
ForusewithallsupportedRAIDcontrollers
AutomaticallydetectshardwareandlistsallsupportedRAIDcongurations
Conguresoneormorediskarrayspercontrollerdependingonthenumberofdrivesattachedtothe
controllerandtheRAIDlevelselected
Supportshot-sparedrives
CreatesaRAIDresponselethatcanbeusedtocongureRAIDcontrollersonsimilarlycongured
Lenovoservers
See“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”onpage53andviewtheuserguidefromthemain
interfaceoftheprogram.
SomeRAIDmanagementsoftwarealsoisprovidedontheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDtohelpyoumanage
RAIDarraysandRAIDcontrollersinanoperatingsystemenvironment.Afteryouentertheoperatingsystem,
inserttheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDintotheopticaldrive.Theinstallationpackagesfortheprograms
arelocatedintheUtilitiesandOthersfolderintherootdirectoryoftheDVD.TheThinkServerEasyStartup
DVDisdesignedfordifferenttypesofserversandtheUtilitiesandOthersfoldermightcontainadditional
installationpackagesthatarenotrequiredtobeinstalledonyourserver.
ConguringtheThinkServerRAID300
TheThinkServerRAID300(alsoknownasonboardSASsoftwareRAID)isintegratedinthePCHon
thesystemboard.Ifyouconnectthemini-SAStomini-SASsignalcablesfromthesystemboardtothe
backplane,youcancongureRAIDfortheharddiskdrivesusingtheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtility
program,independentlyoftheoperatingsystem.TheThinkServerRAID300supportsRAIDlevels0,1,and
10bydefault.YoualsocanactivateRAID5byinstallingaThinkServerRAID300UpgradeKeyforAdvanced
RAID.See“InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID300UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAID”onpage96
.
YoucaninstallandusetheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramtomanagetheRAIDarrayandRAID
controllerinanoperatingsystemenvironment.
BeforeconguringRAIDforyourserver,observethefollowingprecautions:
Useharddiskdrivesthatareofthesametype(SATAorSAS)andhavethesamecapacitywithina
singleRAIDarray.
ThetotaldrivecapacityoftheprimaryRAIDarraymightbelimitedto2TB.
RAIDarraystatus
Whenyouturnontheserver,theRAIDcontrollerROMversion,theRAIDarraystatus,andthelistofthe
availableharddiskdriveswillbedisplayedduringthePOST.
TheRAIDarraystatuscanbeoneofthefollowing:
Online
Thisisthenormalstatus,whichindicatesthattheRAIDarrayisworkingcorrectly.
Degrade
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