Lenovo ThinkServer TS430 Hardware Maintenance Manual

•CreatesaRAIDresponselethatcanbeusedtocongureRAIDcontrollersonsimilarlycongured
Lenovoservers
See“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”onpage70andviewtheuserguidefromthemain
interfaceoftheprogram.
SomeRAIDmanagementsoftwarealsoisprovidedontheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDtohelpyoumanage
RAIDarraysandRAIDcontrollersinanoperatingsystemenvironment.Afteryouentertheoperatingsystem,
inserttheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDintotheopticaldrive.Theinstallationpackagesfortheprogramsare
locatedintheUtilitiesandOthersfolderintherootdirectoryoftheDVD.TheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDis
designedfordifferenttypesofserversandtheUtilitiesandOthersfoldermightcontainadditionalinstallation
packagesthatarenotrequiredtobeinstalledintoyourserver.Formoreinformation,see“Installingand
usingtheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogram”onpage81
and“ConguringtheadvancedSATAorSAS
hardwareRAID”onpage81.
ConguringtheonboardSATAsoftwareRAID
TheonboardSATAsoftwareRAIDcontrollerisintegratedintheIntelC202chiponthesystemboard.Ifyour
serverhasSATAharddiskdrivesthatareconnectedtothesystemboard,youcanusetheLSISoftware
RAIDCongurationUtilityprogramtocongureRAIDindependentlyoftheoperatingsystem.Bydefault,
yourserversupportsonboardSATAsoftwareRAIDlevels0,1,and10.YoualsocanactivateRAID5by
installingaThinkServerSATASoftwareRAID5activationkey.See“InstallingorremovingtheThinkServer
RAID100upgradekeyforAdvancedRAID”onpage111
.
YoucaninstallandusetheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramtomanagetheRAIDarrayandRAID
controllerinanoperatingsystemenvironment.
StartingtheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtostarttheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram.
TostarttheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:
1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage57.
2.OntheAdvancedmenu,selectSATAConguration➙SATAMode.
3.SelectRAIDMode.Then,pressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.
4.Whenyouseethemessage“PressCtrl-MorEntertorunLSISoftwareRAIDSetupUtility,”immediately
pressCtrl+MorEntertostarttheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram.
LSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprograminterface
ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutthemenusanditemsintheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtility
program.Dependingontheversionoftheprogram,somemenuoriteminformationmightdifferslightlyfrom
theinformationinthistopic.
WhenworkingwiththeLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram,youmustusethekeyboard.
Thekeysusedtoperformvarioustasksaredisplayedonthebottomofeachscreen.Useupanddown
arrowkeystonavigatebetweenitems.Formostitems,thecorrespondinghelpmessageisdisplayed
onthebottomofthescreenwhentheitemisselected.Iftheitemhassubmenus,youcandisplaythe
submenusbypressingEnter.
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Lenovo ThinkServer TS430 Specifications

General

Brand	Lenovo
Model	ThinkServer TS430
Category	Server
Language	English