Lenovo ThinkServer RD240 - Configuring RAID; Typical Operating System Installation; Onboard 1068 E SAS RAID Controller Configuration Utility Program

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ConguringRAID
TheRAIDcongurationfeaturethatispartoftheEasyStartupprogramenablesyoutoviewandchangeRAID
settingsforsupportedRAIDcontrollers.Throughthisfeature,youhavetheabilitytocongureeachinstalled
controller.Theprogramautomaticallydetectsthenumberofdiscscurrentlyattachedtothecontroller,
determinesthepossibleRAIDcongurationsthatcanbecongured,andpromptsyouthroughthesteps
tocongureoneormorediskarrayswithorwithouthot-swapharddiskdrives.Asyoucongureeach
controlleryouwillbegiventheoptiontosavetheRAIDcongurationsettingstoaRAIDresponsele,which
youcanuseonothersimilarlyconguredLenovoservers.Thismethodsatisesmostusers'needs.
Typicaloperatingsysteminstallation
WhenyouselectInstalloperatingsystem,youwillbepromptedforinformationrequiredfortheinstallation.
Thepromptsvarydependingontheoperatingsystemselected.Thissectiondescribesthetasksassociated
withatypicalWindowsoperatingsysteminstallation.Eachtaskmustbecompletedinorderbeforemoving
tothenexttask.
Note:EnsurethatyourRAIDcontrolleriscorrectlyconguredbeforeyouselectanoperatingsystemtoinstall.
•Selectoperatingsystem:Thistaskenablesyoutoselecttheoperatingsystemthatyouwillbeinstalling.
•Selectdisk:Thistaskenablesyoutoselectthediskwhereyouwanttoinstalltheoperatingsystem.
Note:ThediskthatyouselectmustbesetasthebootdiskintheBIOS.
•Partitionsoptions:Thistaskenablesyoutochoosewhetheryouwanttorepartitiontheselecteddrive
oruseanexistingpartition.
•Partitionsettings:Thistaskenablesyoutochoosethelesystemtypeanddenethepartitionsize.
•Installationsettings:Thistaskpromptsyouforuserandsystemsettings,theoperatingsystemproduct
key,andtheadministratorpassword.
•Networksettings:Thistaskpromptsyoufordomainandworkgroupsettings,Ethernetcontrollertype,IP
addresssettings,DNSsettings,andWINSaddresssettings.
•Installapplications:Thistaskenablesyoutoruncustomcommandsorscriptsattheendofthe
installationprocessandinstallThinkServerEasyManagesoftwaretohelpyoumanageyourservers.
•InstallWindowscomponents:ThistaskenablesyoutoinstalloptionalWindowscomponentssuch
asIIS,ASP.NET,andSNMP.
•Conrmsettings:Thistaskenablesyoutoreviewalloftheinformationyouprovided.
•Saveresponsele:ThistaskgivesyoutheoptionofsavingtheinformationonadisketteorUSBdevice
asaresponseleforfutureinstallationsonsimilarlyconguredLenovoservers.
•Startinstallation:Thistaskstartstheactualinstallationprocess.First,thediskispreparedusingthedisk
andpartitioninformationyouspecied.Thenyouarepromptedtoinserttheoperatingsystemdisk,and
theoperatingsystemisinstalledusingtheinformationthatyouspecied.
Onboard1068ESASRAIDcontrollerCongurationUtilityprogram
ThissectionprovidessomebasicinstructionsonhowtoconguretheonboardSASRAIDusingtheonboard
1068ESASRAIDcontrollerCongurationUtilityprogram.
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