Lenovo ThinkServer TD230 - Using the Thinkserver Easystartup Program

Table24.RAIDutilities
RAIDcongurationutilityDescriptionLocation
Wheretondmore
information
EasyStartupRAID
congurationutility
•Forusewithall
factory-supportedRAID
controllers
•Automaticallydetects
hardwareandlists
allsupportedRAID
congurations
•Conguresonedisk
arraypercontroller
usingalldrivescurrently
attachedtothecontroller
•CreatedaRAIDresponse
lethatcanbeused
tocongureRAID
controllersonsimilarly
conguredLenovo
servers.
EasyStartupDVD“UsingtheThinkServer
EasyStartupprogram”on
page103
INTELESRT2SATA
softwareRAID
CongurationUtility
program
INTELESRT2SATA
softwareRAID
PressCtrl+Etostart“Conguringtheonboard
SATAsoftwareRAID”on
page106
ThinkServerMegaRAID
WebBIOSConguration
Utility
ThinkServer9240-8iRAID
0/1Adapter
PressCtrl+HtostartRefertotheMegaRAIDSAS
SoftwareUserGuideonthe
ThinkServerDocumentation
DVDthatcamewith
youserverordownload
thepublicationfromthe
LenovoSupportWebsite
athttp://www.lenovo.
com/support.Andyou
canndandinstallthe
MegaCLIprogramand
theMegaRAIDStorage
Managerprograminthe
ThinkServerEasyStartup
DVDthatcamewithyour
server.InserttheDVDinto
theopticaldriveandthe
lesareinthe\ToolsAnd
Utilitiesdirectory.
UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram
TheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDsimpliestheprocessofconguringyourRAIDcontrollersandinstalling
anoperatingsystem.TheprogramworksinconjunctionwithyourWindowsorLinuxoperating-system
installationdisctoautomatetheprocessofinstallingtheoperatingsystemsandassociateddevicedrivers.
IfyoudidnotreceiveanThinkServerEasyStartupDVDwithyourserver,youcandownloadanimagefrom
theLenovoSupportWebsiteathttp://www.lenovo.com/support.
TheEasyStartupprogramhasthefollowingfeatures:
•Self-bootingDVD
Chapter6.Conguringtheserver103