Lenovo ThinkServer TS460 - Configuring Advanced SATA or SAS Hardware RAID

ConfiguringadvancedSATAorSAShardwareRAID
SomeservermodelscomewitharequiredRAIDcardtoprovideadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID
functionstotheserver.YoualsocanpurchasetheRAIDcardfromLenovoandinstallitintoservermodels
thatsupporttheRAIDcardtogetadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDfunctions.See“RAIDcard”onpage
27
and“PCIecard”onpage62formoreinformation.
Note:ForservermodelswithmorethanfourHDDsormodelsthatuseSASHDDs,aRAIDcardmust
beinstalled.
ProgramsforconfiguringSATA/SAShardwareRAID
LenovoprovidesthefollowingprogramstohelpyouconfigureadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID:
•ThinkServerEasyStartupprogramtoconfigureRAID
See“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”onpage45andviewtheuserguidefromthemain
interfaceoftheprogram.
•WebBIOSConfigurationUtilityprogram(configuringRAIDindependentlyoftheoperatingsystem)
Tousetheprogram,followtheinstructionsonthebootingscreen.
•MegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramandtheStorCLIConfigurationUtilityprogram(configuringRAIDin
anoperatingsystemenvironment)
ToinstallandusetheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogram,refertothefollowingchaptersinthe
MegaRAIDSASSoftwareUserGuide:
Note:SomeinformationinthesechaptersmightbeintendedfortheadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID
configurationsandmightnotapplytotheonboardSATAsoftwareconfigurations.
–“MegaRAIDStorageManagerOverviewandInstallation”
–“MegaRAIDStorageManagerWindowandMenus”
–“MonitoringSystemEventsandStorageDevices”
–“MaintainingandManagingStorageConfigurations”
TodownloadtheMegaRAIDSASSoftwareUserGuideandtheinstallationpackagesoftheprograms,goto
http://www.lenovo.com/support,andthenfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpage.
InstructionsforconfiguringSATA/SAShardwareRAID
ForinstructionsonhowtoconfigureandmanagetheadvancedSATAorSAShardwareRAID,refertothe
MegaRAIDSASSoftwareUserGuide.ThisguideisavailableontheLenovoSupportWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/support
UsingLenovoXClarityAdministrator
TheinitialsetupofLenovoXClarityAdministratorincludesthefollowing:
•Preparingthenetwork
•InstallingandconfiguringtheLenovoXClarityAdministratorvirtualappliance
•Managingsystems
•Settingupautomaticproblemnotificationoptionally
Tomanagesystemsbasedonthenetworktopologythatisimplementedinyourenvironment,therearea
numberofdifferentwaystoconnectmanageablesystemstothenetworkandtosetuptheLenovoXClarity
Administrator.IfyouplantouseLenovoXClarityAdministratortomanagetheserver,youmustcheckforthe
latestapplicableLenovoXClarityAdministratorupdates.
52ThinkServerTS460UserGuideandHardwareMaintenanceManual