Lenovo System x3250 M4 - Using the Serverguide Setup and Installation CD

•ConfiguringRAIDarrays
ForinformationaboutconfiguringRAIDarrays,see“ConfiguringRAIDarrays”onpage76.
Thefollowingtableliststhedifferentserverconfigurationsandtheapplicationsthatareavailablefor
configuringandmanagingRAIDarrays.
Table11.ServerconfigurationandapplicationsforconfiguringandmanagingRAIDarrays
Serverconfiguration
RAIDarrayconfiguration(before
operatingsystemisinstalled)
RAIDarraymanagement(after
operatingsystemisinstalled)
ServeRAID-H1110adapterLSIUtility(Setuputility,press
Ctrl+C),ServerGuide,Human
InterfaceInfrastructure(HII)
MegaRAIDStorageManager(MSM),
SAS2IRCU(CommandLine)Utility
forStorageManagement
ServeRAID-M1115adapterMegaRAIDBIOSConfigurationUtility
(pressCtrl+Htostart),pre-bootCLI
(pressCtrl+Ptostart),ServerGuide,
HII
MegaRAIDStorageManager(MSM),
MegaCLI(CommandLineInterface),
andIBMDirector
ServeRAID-M5110adapterMegaRAIDBIOSConfigurationUtility
(pressCtrl+Htostart),pre-bootCLI
(pressCtrl+Ptostart),ServerGuide,
HII
MegaRAIDStorageManager(MSM),
MegaCLI,andIBMDirector
ServeRAID-M5120adapterMegaRAIDBIOSConfigurationUtility
(pressCtrl+Htostart),pre-bootCLI
(pressCtrl+Ptostart),ServerGuide,
HII
MegaRAIDStorageManager(MSM),
MegaCLI,andIBMDirector
Notes:
1.FormoreinformationabouttheHumanInterfaceInfrastructure(HII)andSAS2IRCU,goto
http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5088601.
2.FormoreinformationabouttheMegaRAID,goto
http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5073015.
UsingtheServerGuideSetupandInstallationCD
UsethisinformationasanoverviewforusingtheServerGuideSetupandInstallationCD.
TheServerGuideSetupandInstallationCDprovidessoftwaresetuptoolsandinstallationtoolsthatare
designedforyourserver.TheServerGuideprogramdetectstheservermodelandoptionalhardwaredevices
thatareinstalledandusesthatinformationduringsetuptoconfigurethehardware.TheServerGuide
simplifiestheoperating-systeminstallationsbyprovidingupdateddevicedriversand,insomecases,
installingthemautomatically.
YoucandownloadafreeimageoftheServerGuideSetupandInstallationCDfrom
http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=SERV-GUIDE.
InadditiontotheServerGuideSetupandInstallationCD,youmusthaveyouroperating-systemCDto
installtheoperatingsystem.
ServerGuidefeatures
ThisinformationprovidesanoverviewoftheServerGuidefeatures.
FeaturesandfunctionscanvaryslightlywithdifferentversionsoftheServerGuideprogram.Tolearnmore
abouttheversionthatyouhave,starttheServerGuideSetupandInstallationCDandviewtheonline
overview.Notallfeaturesaresupportedonallservermodels.
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