Lenovo ThinkServer TS130 - RAID Level; Configuring the System BIOS to Enable SATA RAID Functionality; Creating RAID Volumes

Note:TheinformationaboutconguringRAIDinthistopicisapplicableonlyinaWindowsenvironment.For
informationaboutconguringRAIDinaLinuxenvironment,contactyourLinuxsoftwareprovider.
RAIDlevel
YourservermusthavetheminimumnumberofSATAharddiskdrivesinstalledforthesupportedlevelof
RAIDtofunction:
•RAIDLevel0–Stripeddiskarray
–Twoharddiskdrivesminimum
–Betterperformancewithoutfaulttolerance
•RAIDLevel1–Mirroreddiskarray
–Twoharddiskdrivesminimum
–Improvedreadperformanceand100%redundancy
Toinstallasecondaryharddiskdrive,referto“Installingorreplacingthesecondaryharddiskdrive”
onpage33.
ConguringthesystemBIOStoenableSATARAIDfunctionality
ThissectiondescribeshowtocongurethesystemBIOStoenableSATARAIDfunctionality.
Note:Usethearrowkeysonthekeyboardtomakeselections.
ToenableSATARAIDfunctionality,dothefollowing:
1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage55.
2.SelectDevices➙ATADriveSetup.
3.SelectCongureSATAasandpressEnter.
4.SelectRAIDModeandpressEnter.
5.PressF10tosavechangesandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.
CreatingRAIDvolumes
ThissectiondescribeshowtousetheIntelMatrixStorageManageroptionROMcongurationutilityto
createRAIDvolumes.
TocreateRAIDvolumes,dothefollowing:
1.PressCtrl+IwhenpromptedtoentertheIntelMatrixStorageManageroptionROMcongurationutility
duringsystemstartup.
2.UsetheupanddownarrowkeystoselectCreateRAIDVolumeandpressEnter.
3.TypeaproperRAIDvolumenameintheNameeldandpressTab.
4.UsethearrowkeystoselectaRAIDlevelintheRAIDLeveleldandpressTab.
5.Ifappropriate,usethearrowkeystoselectastripesizeintheStripeSizeeldandpressTab.
6.TypeavolumesizeintheCapacityeldandpressTab.
7.PressEntertoinitiatevolumecreation.
8.Whenprompted,pressYtoacceptthewarningmessageandcreatethevolume.
9.Ifdesired,returntostep2tocreateadditionalRAIDvolumes.
10.Whennished,selectExitandpressEnter.
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