Lenovo ThinkServer RS140 - Configuring the System Bios to Enable Onboard Sata Raid Functionality

•AdvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDconfigurationusingtheWebBIOSConfigurationUtility
program;andRAIDmanagementusingtheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramandtheMegaCLI
ConfigurationUtilityprogram(requiresaRAIDcard)
SomeservermodelscomewitharequiredRAIDcardtoprovideadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID
functionstotheserver.YoualsocanpurchasetheRAIDcardfromLenovoandinstallitintoservermodels
thatsupporttheRAIDcardtogetadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDfunctions.See“RAIDcard”on
page21
and“InstallingorremovingtheRAIDcard”onpage62formoreinformation.
Note:ForservermodelswithSASharddiskdrives,aRAIDcardmustbeinstalled.
TheRAIDcardprovidestheWebBIOSConfigurationUtilityprogramtohelpyouconfigureRAID
independentlyoftheoperatingsystem.YoualsocaninstalltheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramand
theMegaCLIConfigurationUtilityprogramtohelpyoumanagetheRAIDarrayandRAIDcontrollerin
anoperatingsystemenvironment.ThesupportedRAIDlevelsareRAID0,1,and10bydefault.Forthe
ThinkServerRAID500Adapter,toactivateRAID5level,youneedtoinstallaRAID5keyontheRAIDcard.
See“InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID500UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAID”onpage66
.
Fordetailedinformation,see“ConfiguringtheadvancedSATAorSAShardwareRAID”onpage50.
Note:TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimplifiestheprocessofconfiguringsupportedRAIDand
installingsupportedoperatingsystemsanddevicedrivers.
BeforeconfiguringRAIDforyourserver,observethefollowingprecautions:
1.UseharddiskdrivesthathavethesamecapacitywithinasingleRAIDarray.
2.Useharddiskdrivesthatareofthesametype(SATAorSAS)withinasingleRAIDarray.
3.Dependingontheoperatingsystem,theprimaryRAIDmightbelimitedto2TBtotaldrivecapacity.
ConfiguringthesystemBIOStoenableonboardSATARAIDfunctionality
ThissectiondescribeshowtoconfigurethesystemBIOStoenableonboardSATARAIDfunctionality.
Note:Usethearrowkeysonthekeyboardtomakeselections.
ToenableSATARAIDfunctionality,dothefollowing:
1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage37.
2.SelectDevices➙ATADriveSetup.
3.SelectConfigureSATAasandpressEnter.
4.SelectRAIDModeandpressEnter.
5.PressF10tosavechangesandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.
CreatingRAIDvolumes
ThissectiondescribeshowtousetheIntelRapidStorageTechnologyenterpriseoptionROMconfiguration
utilitytocreateRAIDvolumes.
TocreateRAIDvolumes,dothefollowing:
1.PressCtrl+IwhenpromptedtoentertheIntelRapidStorageTechnologyenterpriseoptionROM
configurationutilityduringsystemstartup.
2.UsetheupanddownarrowkeystoselectCreateRAIDVolumeandpressEnter.
3.TypeaproperRAIDvolumenameintheNamefieldandpressTab.
4.UsethearrowkeystoselectaRAIDlevelintheRAIDLevelfieldandpressTab.
5.Ifappropriate,usethearrowkeystoselectastripesizeintheStripeSizefieldandpressTab.
6.TypeavolumesizeintheCapacityfieldandpressTab.
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