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4.Whenprompted,pressYtoconfirmtheresetaction.
5.AfterresettingtheHDDstonon-RAID,youcan:
•See“DeletingRAIDvolumes”onpage41forRAIDvolumedeletion.
•See“CreatingRAIDvolumes”onpage41forRAIDvolumecreation.
•UsetheupanddownarrowkeystoselectExitandpressEnter.
Markingdisksasspare
TomarkHDDsassparedrives,dothefollowing:
1.Duringthesystemstartup,pressCtrl+IwhenpromptedtoentertheIntelRapidStorageTechnology
enterpriseoptionROMconfigurationutility.
2.UsetheupanddownarrowkeystoselectMarkDisksasSpareandpressEnter.
3.UsethearrowkeystolocateanHDDandpressthespacekeytoselectordeselecttheHDD.Youcan
selectmultipleHDDsifrequired.Then,pressEntertocompletetheselection.
4.Whenprompted,pressYtoconfirmtheoperation.
Note:MarkinganHDDasasparedrivewillremovealldataonthedrive.
5.Whenfinished,selectExitandpressEnter.
Notes:IfyourserverhasoneofthefollowingLinuxoperatingsystemsinstalled,continuewiththe
correspondingactions:
•FortheRedhatEnterpriseLinux6.7operatingsystem,addthefollowinglinetotheendofthe
/etc/mdadm.conffileandrestarttheoperatingsystem.
POLICYdomain=DOMAINpath=*metadata=imsmaction=spare-same-slot
•FortheSUSELinuxEnterpriseServer11.4operatingsystem,dothefollowing:
1.Addthefollowinglinetotheendofthe/etc/mdadm.conffile.
POLICYdomain=DOMAINpath=*metadata=imsmaction=spare-same-slot
2.Runthefollowingcommandsasarootuser.
#chkcong–smdadmdon
#/etc/init.d/mdadmdstart
ConfiguringadvancedSATAorSAShardwareRAID
SomeservermodelscomewitharequiredRAIDcardtoprovideadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID
functionstotheserver.YoualsocanpurchasetheRAIDcardfromLenovoandinstallitintoservermodels
thatsupporttheRAIDcardtogetadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDfunctions.See“RAIDcard”onpage
17
and“PCIecard”onpage55formoreinformation.
Note:ForservermodelswithSASHDDs,aRAIDcardmustbeinstalled.
ProgramsforconfiguringSATA/SAShardwareRAID
LenovoprovidesthefollowingprogramstohelpyouconfigureadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID:
•ThinkServerEasyStartupprogramtoconfigureRAID
See“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”onpage35andviewtheuserguidefromthemain
interfaceoftheprogram.
•WebBIOSConfigurationUtilityprogram(configuringRAIDindependentlyoftheoperatingsystem)
Tousetheprogram,followtheinstructionsonthebootingscreen.
•MegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramandtheStorCLIConfigurationUtilityprogram(configuringRAIDin
anoperatingsystemenvironment)
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