Lenovo ThinkStation C30 - LSI MegaRAID RAID Configuration

•Theproceduresdescribedinthissectionareintendedtoguideyouthroughaquicksetupof
basicRAIDfunctionswiththeLSIMegaRAIDSASadapter.Foradvancedsetupandconfiguration
usingthisadapter,refertothecompleteMegaRAIDSASSoftwareUserGuidethatisavailableat
http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/guides-and-manuals/detail.page?DocID=UM007543.
Thissectionprovidesinformationaboutthefollowingtopics:
•“InstallingSATAorSASharddiskdrives”onpage84
•“EnteringtheLSIMegaRAIDBIOSconfigurationutility”onpage84
•“CreatingRAIDvolumesusingtheLSIMegaRAIDBIOSconfigurationutility”onpage85
•“DeletingRAIDvolumesusingtheLSIMegaRAIDBIOSconfigurationutility”onpage85
•“Settingthehotspareharddiskdrive”onpage86
InstallingSATAorSASharddiskdrives
EnsurethatyourcomputerhastheminimumnumberofSATAorSASharddiskdrivesinstalledforthe
followingsupportedlevelsofRAID:
•RAIDLevel0-Stripeddiskarray
–ARAIDLevel0harddiskdrivegroupconsistingofatleastoneharddiskdrive
–Supportedstripsizes:8KBto1MB
–Betterperformancewithoutfaulttolerance
•RAIDLevel00-SpannedharddiskdrivegroupwithaseriesofRAID0harddiskdrivegroups
–ARAIDLevel00harddiskdrivegroupconsistingoftwoharddiskdrives
–Supportedstripsizes:8KBto1MB
–Betterperformancewithoutfaulttolerance
•RAIDLevel1-Mirroreddiskarray
–ARAIDLevel1harddiskdrivegroupconsistingoftwoharddiskdrives
–Improvedreadperformanceand100%redundancy
•RAIDLevel5-Block-levelstripeddiskarraywithdistributedparity
–ARAIDLevel5harddiskdrivegroupconsistingofatleastthreeharddiskdrives
–Supportedstripsizes:8KBto1MB
–Betterperformanceandfaulttolerance
–RAIDLevel5issupportedbysomemodelsofLSIMegaRAIDadaptercards
EnsurethattheLSIMegaRAIDSASadaptercardisinstalledinyourcomputer,andthattheharddiskdrives
areconnectedtothisadaptercardandnottotheconnectorsonthesystemboard.
EnteringtheLSIMegaRAIDBIOSconfigurationutility
ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoentertheLSIMegeRAIDBIOSconfigurationutility.
ToentertheLSIMegaRAIDBIOSconfigurationutility,dothefollowing:
1.Duringthecomputerstartup,followtheinstructionsonthescreen.
2.PressCtrl+HtoentertheCONTROLLERSELECTIONwindow.
3.Selectthecontrolleryouwanttoconfigure,andthenclickStarttoentertheLSIMegaRAIDBIOS
configurationutility.
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