Lenovo ThinkServer RD440 - Configuring the Thinkserver RAID 300

See“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”onpage73andviewtheuserguidefromthemain
interfaceoftheprogram.
SomeRAIDmanagementsoftwarealsoisprovidedontheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDtohelpyoumanage
RAIDarraysandRAIDcontrollersinanoperatingsystemenvironment.Afteryouentertheoperatingsystem,
inserttheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDintotheopticaldrive.Theinstallationpackagesfortheprograms
arelocatedintheUtilitiesandOthersfolderintherootdirectoryoftheDVD.TheThinkServerEasyStartup
DVDisdesignedfordifferenttypesofserversandtheUtilitiesandOthersfoldermightcontainadditional
installationpackagesthatarenotrequiredtobeinstalledonyourserver.
ConfiguringtheThinkServerRAID300
TheThinkServerRAID300(alsoknownasonboardSASsoftwareRAID)isintegratedinthePCHon
thesystemboard.Ifyouconnectthemini-SAStomini-SASsignalcablesfromthesystemboardtothe
backplane,youcanconfigureRAIDfortheharddiskdrivesusingtheLSISoftwareRAIDConfigurationUtility
program,independentlyoftheoperatingsystem.TheThinkServerRAID300supportsRAIDlevels0,1,and
10bydefault.YoualsocanactivateRAID5byinstallingaThinkServerRAID300UpgradeKeyforAdvanced
RAID.See“InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID300UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAID”onpage125
.
YoucaninstallandusetheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramtomanagetheRAIDarrayandRAID
controllerinanoperatingsystemenvironment.
BeforeconfiguringRAIDforyourserver,observethefollowingprecautions:
•Useharddiskdrivesthatareofthesametype(SATAorSAS)andhavethesamecapacitywithina
singleRAIDarray.
•ThetotaldrivecapacityoftheprimaryRAIDarraymightbelimitedto2TB.
RAIDarraystatus
Whenyouturnontheserver,theRAIDcontrollerROMversion,theRAIDarraystatus,andthelistofthe
availableharddiskdriveswillbedisplayedduringthePOST.
TheRAIDarraystatuscanbeoneofthefollowing:
•Online
Thisisthenormalstatus,whichindicatesthattheRAIDarrayisworkingcorrectly.
•Degrade
ThisstatusindicatesthatmorethanoneharddiskdriveintheRAIDarraycannotbesynchronizedorhave
failed.Youneedtoreplacethefailingharddiskdrivesandrebuildthedata.See“Installingorreplacinga
hot-swapharddiskdrive”onpage172and“Rebuildingaphysicaldrive”onpage82.
•Offline
ThisstatusindicatesthattheRAIDarrayhasfailedandcannotberebuilt.YouneedtocreateaRAID
array.See“Creating,adding,ordeletingaRAIDarray”onpage81
.
StartingtheLSISoftwareRAIDConfigurationUtilityprogram
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtostarttheLSISoftwareRAIDConfigurationUtilityprogram.
TostarttheLSISoftwareRAIDConfigurationUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:
1.Turnontheserver.
2.DuringthePOST,whenyouseethemessage“PressCtrl-MorEntertorunLSISoftwareRAIDSetup
Utility,”immediatelypressCtrl+MtostarttheLSISoftwareRAIDConfigurationUtilityprogram.
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