Lenovo ThinkServer RD230 - RAID Controllers; Using the Thinkserver Easystartup Program

Note:Apasswordcanbeanycombinationofupto6(1to6)alphabeticandnumericcharacters.For
moreinformation,see“Passwordconsiderations”onpage117.
RAIDcontrollers
ThefollowingtableliststhevariousutilitiesavailabletocongureRAIDcontrollersbeforeanoperating
systemisinstalled.
Table42.RAIDutilities
UtilityDescriptionLocation
Wheretondmore
information
EasyStartupRAID
congurationutility
•Forusewithall
factory-supportedRAID
controllers
•Automaticallydetects
hardwareandlists
allsupportedRAID
congurations
•Conguresonedisk
arraypercontroller
usingalldrivescurrently
attachedtothecontroller
•CreatedaRAIDresponse
lethatcanbeused
tocongureRAID
controllersonsimilarly
conguredLenovo
servers.
EasyStartupDVD“UsingtheThinkServer
EasyStartupprogram”on
page118
INTELiMSTSATAsoftware
RAIDCongurationUtility
program
INTELiMSTSATAsoftware
RAID
PressCtrl+Itostart“Conguringtheonboard
SATAsoftwareRAID”on
page121
LSIMegaRAIDWebBIOS
CongurationUtility
ThinkServer8708ELPSAS
RAIDAdapter,ThinkServer
8708EM2RAIDAdapter,
orThinkServerRAID700
Adapter
PressCtrl+Htostart
RefertotheMegaRAID
SASSoftwareUserGuide
onthedocumentationDVD
thatcamewithyouserver.
Andyoucanndandinstall
theMegaCLIprogramand
theMegaRAIDStorage
Managerprograminthe
ThinkServerEasyStartup
DVDthatcamewithyour
server.InserttheDVDinto
theopticaldriveandthe
lesareinthe\ToolsAnd
Utilitiesdirectory.
UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram
TheEasyStartupDVDsimpliestheprocessofconguringyourRAIDcontrollersandinstallinganoperating
system.TheprogramworksinconjunctionwithyourWindowsorLinuxoperating-systeminstallationdiscto
automatetheprocessofinstallingtheoperatingsystemsandassociateddevicedrivers.
IfyoudidnotreceiveanEasyStartupDVDwithyourserver,youcandownloadanimagefromtheLenovo
SupportWebsiteathttp://www.lenovo.com/support.
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