Lenovo ThinkServer RD230 - Accessing the Adapter Properties Window; SAS RAID Settings

AccessingtheAdapterPropertieswindow
IntheAdapterListwindow,selectC1068EandpressEnter.TheAdapterPropertieswindowforSAS1068E
opens.
Table45.ItemsintheAdapterPropertieswindowforSAS1068E
ItemDescription
Adapter
TheSASadapter(s)detected
PCISlotThePCIslotnumberassignedtotheadapter
PCIAddress(Bus/Dev)ThePCIdeviceorfunctionassignedtotheadapter
MPTFirmwareRevision
Thecurrentrmwareversion
SASAddressThecurrentSASaddress
Status
Indicatingwhethertheadapteronthebootlistisenabled
ordisabled
BootOrder
Indicatingthebootsequence
BootSupport
Deningthesoftwarecontrolmodeoftheadapter.
EnabledBIOS&OS:Whenthisoptionisenabled,it
meansthattheadapteriscontrolledbyboththeBIOS
andthedriverontheoperatingsystem.
EnabledBIOSOnly:Whenthisoptionisenabled,it
meansthattheadapteriscontrolledbyonlytheBIOS,
insteadofthedriverontheoperatingsystem.This
optionmightnotbesupportedbyalltheoperating
systems,suchasWindowsoperatingsystems.
EnabledOSOnly:Whenthisoptionisenabled,it
meansthattheadapteriscontrolledbyonlythe
operatingsystem.
Disabled:Whenthisoptionisenabled,theadapter
isdisabled.
RAIDProperties
SettingtheHostRAID.See“SASRAIDsettings”onpage
125
.
SASTopologySettingtheSASharddiskdrives.See“Accessingthe
SASTopologywindow”onpage126.
AdvancedAdapterProperties
Settingtheadvancedpropertiesoftheadapter
Note:Tomakeanyofthesettingstakeeffect,youneedtorestarttheserver.
SASRAIDsettings
IntheAdapterPropertieswindow,selectRAIDPropertiesandpressEnter.ThemainwindowforSAS
RAIDsetupisdisplayed.
ThefollowinglistdescribestheitemsinthemainwindowforSASRAIDsetup:
•CreateIMVolume:CreatingRAID1oftwoharddiskdrives.
RAID1usesmirroringsothatdatawrittentoonedriveissimultaneouslywrittentoanotherdrive.Thisis
goodforsmalldatabasesorotherapplicationsthatrequiresmallcapacitybutcompletedataredundancy
ifonedrivefails.Thedatacanbereadfromthetwoharddiskdrivesatthesametimetoimprovethe
speedofreadingtheharddiskdrives.RAID1onlysupportsevennumbersofharddiskdrives.
•CreateIMEVolume:CreatingRAID1Eofatleastthreeharddiskdrives.
RAID1Estoresdataonallharddiskdrivesthroughstripedmirroring.RAID1Esupportsoddnumbersof
harddiskdrivestoformanarray,whileatleastthreeharddiskdrivesarerequired.
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