Lenovo ThinkServer RD450 - Configuring RAID

1.Reconnecttheservertoanacpowersource.
2.AfterthesystemhealthLEDturnsoff,pressthepowerbuttontoturnontheserver.Theserveris
turnedonandthenturnedoffautomatically.Then,therecoveryprocessstarts.Waitforabout20
minutesfortheTSMtorecovertheBIOS.Topreventpermanentdamage,DONOTTURNOFFTHE
SERVERduringtherecoveryprocess.Whentherecoveryprocessiscompleted,theserverturns
onautomatically.
3.CheckandconfiguretheBIOSsettingsforyourspecificneeds.See“UsingtheSetupUtility
program”onpage51
.
•UsingtheBIOSrecoveryjumper
1.Removeallexternalmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,
disconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedto
theserver.
2.Prepareyourserver.See“Removingorextendingtheserverfromtherackcabinet”onpage65.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage65.
4.LocatetheBIOSrecoveryjumperonthesystemboard.See“Systemboardjumpers”onpage44.
Then,removeanypartsanddisconnectanycablesthatmightimpedeyouraccesstothejumper.
Note:Donotremovethememorymodulesormicroprocessors.
5.Removethejumpercapfromthejumpercapstorage.See“Systemboardjumpers”onpage44.
6.NotetheorientationofthejumpercapandtheninstallthejumpercapontheBIOSrecoveryjumper.
7.Connecttheservertoanacpowersource.Theserverturnsonandthenturnsoffautomatically.
8.Movethejumpercapbacktothejumpercapstorage.See“Systemboardjumpers”onpage44.
9.Waitforabout20minutesfortheTSMtorecovertheBIOS.Topreventpermanentdamage,DO
NOTTURNOFFTHESERVERduringtherecoveryprocess.WhentheBIOSrecoveryprocessis
completed,theserverturnsonautomatically.
10.EnsurethattheSetupUtilityprogramstartsnormally.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”on
page51.Then,disconnecttheserverfromtheacpowersource.
11.Reinstallanypartsandreconnectanycables.Then,reinstalltheservercover.See“Completing
thepartsreplacement”onpage178.
12.Connecttheservertoanacpowersourceandturnontheserver.CheckandconfiguretheBIOS
settingsforyourspecificneeds.See“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage51.
Note:IfyoucannotrecovertheBIOSafterusingtheinstructionsinthistopic,theBIOSread-onlymemory
(ROM)mightbedamaged.Youmustreplacethesystemboard.ContacttheLenovoCustomerSupport
Center.
ConfiguringRAID
ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutRAIDandtheutilityprogramsthatareavailableforyoutoconfigure
RAID.
Thistopiccontainsthefollowinginformation:
•“AboutRAID”onpage59
•“ConfiguringRAIDusingtheLenovoThinkServerDeploymentManagerprogram”onpage60
•“ConfiguringtheadvancedSATAorSAShardwareRAID”onpage60
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