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TorunaconsistencycheckusingtheLSISoftwareRAIDConfigurationUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:
1.StarttheLSISoftwareRAIDConfigurationUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheLSISoftwareRAID
ConfigurationUtilityprogram”onpage73.
2.Onthemaininterfaceoftheprogram,selectCheckConsistencyandfollowtheinstructionsonthe
screen.
Theconsistencycheckrateistherateatwhichconsistencycheckoperationsarerunonasystem.The
consistencycheckratecanbeconfiguredbetween0percentand100percent.At0percent,theconsistency
checkisdoneonlyifthesystemisnotdoinganythingelse.At100percent,theconsistencycheckhasa
higherprioritythananyothersystemactivity.
ToconfiguretheconsistencycheckrateusingtheLSISoftwareRAIDConfigurationUtilityprogram,do
thefollowing:
Note:Usingaconsistencycheckrateof0or100percentisnotrecommended.Thedefaultvalueis30
percent.
1.StarttheLSISoftwareRAIDConfigurationUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheLSISoftwareRAID
ConfigurationUtilityprogram”onpage73
.
2.Onthemaininterfaceoftheprogram,selectObjects➙Adapter➙ChkConstRate.
3.Settheconsistencycheckratebytypingadesiredvaluefromthekeyboarddirectly.
InstallingandusingtheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogram
YoucaninstallandusetheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramtomanagetheRAIDarrayandRAID
controllerinanoperatingsystemenvironmentafterconfiguringRAID.
TheinstallationpackagefortheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramisontheThinkServerEasyStartup
DVD.Afteryouentertheoperatingsystem,inserttheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDintotheopticaldrive.
TheinstallationpackagefortheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramislocatedintheUtilitiesandOthers
folderintherootdirectoryoftheDVD.
ToinstallandusetheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogram,refertothefollowingchaptersintheMegaRAID
SASSoftwareUserGuideonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver:
Note:SomeinformationinthesechaptersmightbeintendedfortheadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID
configurationsandmightnotapplytotheThinkServerRAID300configurations.
•“MegaRAIDStorageManagerOverviewandInstallation”
•“MegaRAIDStorageManagerWindowandMenus”
•“MonitoringSystemEventsandStorageDevices”
•“MaintainingandManagingStorageConfigurations”
TheMegaRAIDSASSoftwareUserGuidealsoisavailableontheLenovoWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkServerUserGuides
ConfiguringtheadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID
BeforeconfiguringRAIDforyourserver,observethefollowingprecautions:
•Useharddiskdrivesthatareofthesametype(SATAorSAS)andhavethesamecapacitywithina
singleRAIDarray.
•ThetotaldrivecapacityoftheprimaryRAIDarraymightbelimitedto2TB.
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