Lenovo ThinkServer TS440 - Configuring the Advanced SATA or SAS Hardware RAID

6.TypeavolumesizeintheCapacityeldandpressTab.
7.PressEntertoinitiatevolumecreation.
8.Whenprompted,pressYtoacceptthewarningmessageandcreatethevolume.
9.Ifdesired,returntostep2tocreateadditionalRAIDvolumes.
10.Whennished,selectExitandpressEnter.
DeletingRAIDvolumes
ThissectiondescribeshowtousetheIntelRapidStorageTechnologyenterpriseoptionROMconguration
utilitytodeleteRAIDvolumes.
TodeleteRAIDvolumes,dothefollowing:
1.PressCtrl+IwhenpromptedtoentertheIntelRapidStorageTechnologyenterpriseoptionROM
congurationutilityduringsystemstartup.
2.UsetheupanddownarrowkeystoselectDeleteRAIDVolumeandpressEnter.
3.UsethearrowkeystoselecttheRAIDvolumetobedeletedandpressDelete.
4.Whenprompted,pressYtoconrmthedeletionoftheselectedRAIDvolume.DeletingaRAIDvolume
willresettheharddiskdrivestonon-RAID.
5.AfterdeletingaRAIDvolume,youcan:
•Returntostep2todeleteadditionalRAIDvolumes.
•See“CreatingRAIDvolumes”onpage57forRAIDvolumecreation.
•UsetheupanddownarrowkeystoselectExitandpressEnter.
Resettingdiskstonon-RAID
Thissectiondescribeshowtoresetyourharddiskdrivestonon-RAID.
Toresetyourharddiskdrivestonon-RAID,dothefollowing:
1.PressCtrl+IwhenpromptedtoentertheIntelRapidStorageTechnologyenterpriseoptionROM
congurationutilityduringsystemstartup.
2.UsetheupanddownarrowkeystoselectResetDiskstoNon-RAIDandpressEnter.
3.Usethearrowkeysandthespacekeytomarkindividualphysicalharddiskdrivestobereset,andthen
pressEntertocompletetheselection.
4.Whenprompted,pressYtoconrmtheresetaction.
5.Afterresettingtheharddiskdrivestonon-RAID,youcan:
•See“DeletingRAIDvolumes”onpage58
forRAIDvolumedeletion.
•See“CreatingRAIDvolumes”onpage57
forRAIDvolumecreation.
•UsetheupanddownarrowkeystoselectExitandpressEnter.
ConguringtheadvancedSATAorSAShardwareRAID
SomeservermodelscomewitharequiredRAIDcardtoprovideadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID
functionstotheserver.YoualsocanpurchasetheRAIDcardfromLenovoandinstallitintoservermodels
thatsupporttheRAIDcardtogetadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDfunctions.See“RAIDcard”onpage
28
and“InstallingorremovingtheRAIDcard”onpage80formoreinformation.
Note:ForservermodelswithmorethanfourharddiskdrivesormodelsthatuseSASharddiskdrives,a
RAIDcardmustbeinstalled.
TheRAIDcardprovidestheWebBIOSCongurationUtilityprogramtohelpyoucongureRAIDindependently
oftheoperatingsystem.YoualsocaninstalltheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramandtheMegaCLI
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