Lenovo ThinkServer RD230 - Creating or Deleting the RAID 1 Array; Accessing the SAS Topology Window

•CreateISVolume:CreatingRAID0oftwotofourharddiskdrives.
RAID0usesstripingtoprovidehighdatathroughput,especiallyforlargelesinanenvironmentthatdoes
notrequirefaulttolerance.RAID0breaksupdataintosmallersegments.Itcanimprovereadandwrite
speed.However,sincethereisnodataredundancyfeature,alldatawillbelostifanydrivefails.
CreatingordeletingtheRAID1array
ThissectionusesRAID1asanexampletoguideyouthroughcreatingordeletingSASRAIDusingtheLSI
CongurationUtilityprogram.
CreatingtheRAID1array
ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtocreateRAID1usingtheLSICongurationUtilityprogram.
TocreateRAID1,dothefollowing:
1.IntheSASRAIDsetupmainwindow,selectCreateIMVolumeandpressEnter.TheCreateNew
Arraywindowopens.
2.SelectNoundertheRAIDDiskcolumnfortherstharddiskdrive.Then,presstheSpacekey.
3.Whenprompted,selectMtosettherstharddiskdriveastheprimaryharddiskdrive.
Note:Ifyouwanttosettherstharddiskdriveastheslaveharddiskdrive,selectD.
4.PressMtogobacktotheCreateNewArraywindow.SelectNoundertheRAIDDiskcolumnforthe
secondharddiskdrive.Then,presstheSpacekeyandawarningmessagewillbedisplayed.Pressthe
SpacekeytogobacktotheCreateNewArraywindow.
5.PressCtocreatethearrayandselectSavechangesthenexitthismenuwhenpromptedtosave
changesandexit.
6.Aftercreatingthearray,youcanselectRAIDPropertiesintheAdapterPropertieswindowandpress
EntertoaccesstheSASRAIDcongurationmainwindowandviewthearrayinformation.
DeletingtheRAID1array
ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtodeleteaRAIDarray(RAID1)youhavecreatedusingtheLSI
CongurationUtilityprogram.
TodeleteaRAIDarray(RAID1),dothefollowing:
1.SelectRAIDPropertiesintheAdapterPropertieswindowandpressEntertoaccesstheSASRAID
congurationmainwindowandviewthearrayinformation.
2.SelectManageArrayintheViewArraywindow.Then,theManageArraywindowopens.
3.SelectDeleteArrayintheManageArraywindowandpressEnter.Whenthemessageforconrmation
isdisplayed,pressY.Thearrayisdeleted.
AccessingtheSAST opologywindow
ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoaccesstheSASTopologywindow.
ToaccesstheSASTopologywindow,dothefollowing:
1.SelectSAST opologyintheAdapterPropertieswindowandpressEnter.TheSASTopologywindow
opens.
2.SelectDirectAttachedDevicesintheSASTopologywindowandpressEntertoviewtheinformation.
3.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentoperformothertasks.Thekeysusedtoperformvarioustasksare
displayedatthebottomofeachscreen.
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