Lenovo ThinkServer RD340 - Configuring the Ethernet Controllers

ToinstallandusetheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogram,refertothefollowingchaptersintheMegaRAID
SASSoftwareUserGuideonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver:
Note:SomeinformationinthesechaptersmightbeintendedfortheadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID
configurationsandmightnotapplytotheThinkServerRAID300configurations.
•“MegaRAIDStorageManagerOverviewandInstallation”
•“MegaRAIDStorageManagerWindowandMenus”
•“MonitoringSystemEventsandStorageDevices”
•“MaintainingandManagingStorageConfigurations”
TheMegaRAIDSASSoftwareUserGuidealsoisavailableontheLenovoWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/UserManuals
ConfiguringtheadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID
BeforeconfiguringRAIDforyourserver,observethefollowingprecautions:
•Useharddiskdrivesthatareofthesametype(SATAorSAS)andhavethesamecapacitywithina
singleRAIDarray.
•ThetotaldrivecapacityoftheprimaryRAIDarraymightbelimitedto2TB.
SomeservermodelscomewithaRAIDcardtoprovideadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDfunctions.You
alsocanpurchaseasupportedRAIDcardfromLenovoandinstallitintotheserver.See“RAIDcard”
onpage30
.
TheRAIDcardprovidestheWebBIOSConfigurationUtilityprogramtohelpyouconfigureRAID
independentlyoftheoperatingsystem.YoualsocaninstalltheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramand
theMegaCLIConfigurationUtilityprogramtohelpyoumanagetheRAIDarrayandRAIDcontrollerinan
operatingsystemenvironment.
TheinstallationpackagesfortheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramandtheMegaCLIConfiguration
UtilityprogramareontheThinkServerEasyStartupDVD.Afteryouentertheoperatingsystem,insertthe
ThinkServerEasyStartupDVDintotheopticaldrive.Theinstallationpackagesfortheprogramsarelocatedin
theUtilitiesandOthersfolderintherootdirectoryoftheDVD.
Note:TheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDisdesignedfordifferenttypesofserversandtheUtilitiesandOthers
foldermightcontainadditionalinstallationpackagesthatarenotrequiredtobeinstalledonyourserver.
ForinstructionsonhowtoconfigureandmanagetheadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID,refertothe
MegaRAIDSASSoftwareUserGuideonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver.This
documentalsoisavailableontheLenovoWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/UserManuals
ConfiguringtheEthernetcontrollers
TheEthernetcontrollersareintegratedonthesystemboard.Theyprovideaninterfaceforconnectingto
a10Mbps,100Mbps,or1000Mbpsnetworkandprovidefull-duplex(FDX)capability,whichenables
simultaneoustransmissionandreceptionofdataonthenetwork.
YoudonothavetosetanyjumpersorconfiguretheEthernetcontrollers.However,youmustinstalladevice
drivertoenabletheoperatingsystemtorecognizethecontrollers.
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