Lenovo ThinkStation C20 - Chapter 7. Configuring RAID; Configuring RAID for Machine Types 4262, 4263, 4264, and 4265; Installing SATA Hard Disk Drives; Configuring the System BIOS to Enable SATA RAID Functionality

Chapter7.ConguringRAID
ThischaptercontainsinformationaboutinstallingharddiskdrivesandconguringRedundantArrayof
IndependentDisks(RAID)foryourcomputer.
Notes:
1.TheMarvellBIOSsetupinformationinthischapteronlyappliestosomecomputermodels.
2.TheinformationaboutconguringRAIDinthischapteronlyappliesforaWindowsenvironment.For
informationaboutconguringRAIDinaLinuxenvironment,contactyourLinuxsoftwareprovider.
ConguringRAIDformachinetypes4262,4263,4264,and4265
ThissectioncontainsinformationabouttherequirednumberofSATAharddiskdrivesforthesupportedlevel
ofRAIDandSATARAIDcongurationformachinetypes4262,4263,4264,and4265.
InstallingSATAharddiskdrives
YourcomputermusthavetheminimumnumberofSATAharddiskdrivesinstalledforthesupportedlevelof
RAIDbelow:
•RAIDLevel0–Stripeddiskarray
–Twoharddiskdrivesminimum
–Betterperformancewithoutfaulttolerance
•RAIDLevel1–Mirroreddiskarray
–Twoharddiskdrivesminimum
–Improvedreadperformanceand100%redundancy
•RAIDLevel5–Block-levelstripeddiskarraywithdistributedparity
–Threeharddiskdrivesminimum
–Datastripedatthebytelevel
–Stripeerrorcorrectioninformation
–Betterperformanceandfaulttolerance
ToinstallanewSATAharddiskdrive,see“Installinganewharddiskdrive”onpage84
.
ConguringthesystemBIOStoenableSATARAIDfunctionality
ThissectiondescribeshowtocongurethesystemBIOStoenableSATARAIDfunctionality.
Note:Usethearrowkeysonthekeyboardtomakeselections.
1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage37.
2.FromtheSetupUtilityprogrammainmenu,selectDevices®IDEDrivesSetupandpressEnter.
3.SelectSATARAIDEnableandpressEnter.
4.SelectEnabledandpressEnter.
5.PressF10tosavethenewsettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.
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