Lenovo ThinkServer TS440 - Configuring the System BIOS to Enable Onboard SATA RAID Functionality

•AdvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDcongurationusingtheWebBIOSCongurationUtility
program;andRAIDmanagementusingtheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramandtheMegaCLI
CongurationUtilityprogram(requiresaRAIDcard)
SomeservermodelscomewitharequiredRAIDcardtoprovideadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID
functionstotheserver.YoualsocanpurchasetheRAIDcardfromLenovoandinstallitintoservermodels
thatsupporttheRAIDcardtogetadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDfunctions.See“RAIDcard”on
page28
and“InstallingorremovingtheRAIDcard”onpage80formoreinformation.
Note:ForservermodelswithmorethanfourharddiskdrivesormodelsthatuseSASharddiskdrives,a
RAIDcardmustbeinstalled.
TheRAIDcardprovidestheWebBIOSCongurationUtilityprogramtohelpyoucongureRAID
independentlyoftheoperatingsystem.YoualsocaninstalltheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogram
andtheMegaCLICongurationUtilityprogramtohelpyoumanagetheRAIDarrayandRAIDcontroller
inanoperatingsystemenvironment.ThesupportedRAIDlevelsareRAID0,1,and10bydefault.For
theThinkServerRAID500Adapter,toactivateRAID5andRAID50levels,youneedtoinstallaRAID5
keyontheRAIDcard.See“InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID500UpgradeKeyforAdvanced
RAID”onpage82
.
Fordetailedinformation,see“ConguringtheadvancedSATAorSAShardwareRAID”onpage58.
Note:TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimpliestheprocessofconguringsupportedRAIDand
installingsupportedoperatingsystemsanddevicedrivers.
BeforeconguringRAIDforyourserver,observethefollowingprecautions:
1.UseharddiskdrivesthathavethesamecapacitywithinasingleRAIDarray.
2.Useharddiskdrivesthatareofthesametype(SATAorSAS)withinasingleRAIDarray.
3.Dependingontheoperatingsystem,theprimaryRAIDmightbelimitedto2TBtotaldrivecapacity.
ConguringthesystemBIOStoenableonboardSATARAIDfunctionality
ThissectiondescribeshowtocongurethesystemBIOStoenableonboardSATARAIDfunctionality.
Note:Usethearrowkeysonthekeyboardtomakeselections.
ToenableSATARAIDfunctionality,dothefollowing:
1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage45.
2.SelectDevices➙ATADriveSetup.
3.SelectCongureSATAasandpressEnter.
4.SelectRAIDModeandpressEnter.
5.PressF10tosavechangesandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.
CreatingRAIDvolumes
ThissectiondescribeshowtousetheIntelRapidStorageTechnologyenterpriseoptionROMconguration
utilitytocreateRAIDvolumes.
TocreateRAIDvolumes,dothefollowing:
1.PressCtrl+IwhenpromptedtoentertheIntelRapidStorageTechnologyenterpriseoptionROM
congurationutilityduringsystemstartup.
2.UsetheupanddownarrowkeystoselectCreateRAIDVolumeandpressEnter.
3.TypeaproperRAIDvolumenameintheNameeldandpressTab.
4.UsethearrowkeystoselectaRAIDlevelintheRAIDLeveleldandpressTab.
5.Ifappropriate,usethearrowkeystoselectastripesizeintheStripeSizeeldandpressTab.
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