Lenovo ThinkServer RD240 - Using the Thinkserver Easystartup Program

Table38.RAIDutilities(continued)
RAIDcongurationutilityDescriptionLocation
Wheretondmore
information
•Conguresonedisk
arraypercontroller
usingalldrivescurrently
attachedtothecontroller
•CreatedaRAIDresponse
lethatcanbeused
tocongureRAID
controllersonsimilarly
conguredLenovo
servers.
LSIIR-RAIDUtilityOnboard1068ESASRAID
adapter
PressCtrl+Ctostart“Onboard1068ESASRAID
controllerConguration
Utilityprogram”onpage
123
LSIMegaRAIDWebBIOS
CongurationUtility
ThinkServer8708ELPSAS
RAIDadapter,ThinkServer
8708EM2RAIDAdapter,
orThinkServerRAID700
Adapter(9260-8i)
PressCtrl+HtostartRefertotheMegaRAIDSAS
SoftwareUserGuideonthe
ThinkServerDocumentation
DVDthatcamewith
youserver.Andyou
canndandinstallthe
MegaCLIprogramand
theMegaRAIDStorage
Managerprograminthe
ThinkServerEasyStartup
DVDthatcamewithyour
server.InserttheDVDinto
theopticaldriveandthe
lesareinthe\ToolsAnd
Utilitiesdirectory.
UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram
TheEasyStartupDVDsimpliestheprocessofconguringyourRAIDcontrollersandinstallinganoperating
system.TheprogramworksinconjunctionwithyourWindowsorLinuxoperating-systeminstallationdiscto
automatetheprocessofinstallingtheoperatingsystemsandassociateddevicedrivers.
IfyoudidnotreceiveanEasyStartupDVDwithyourserver,youcandownloadanimagefromtheLenovo
SupportWebsiteat:http://www.lenovo.com/support
TheEasyStartupprogramhasthefollowingfeatures:
•Self-bootingDVD
•Easy-to-use,language-selectableinterface
•Integratedhelpsystem
•Automatichardwaredetection
•RAIDcongurationutility
•Devicedriversprovidedbasedontheservermodelanddetecteddevices
•Selectablepartitionsizeandlesystem
•Supportformultipleoperatingsystems
•Installstheoperatingsystemanddevicedriversinanunattendedmodetosavetime
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