Chapter8.InstallingharddiskdrivesandconguringRAID
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ThischaptercontainsinformationaboutinstallingharddiskdrivesandconguringRedundantArrayof
IndependentDisks(RAID)forthisproduct.
Note:TheinformationaboutconguringRAIDinthischapteronlyappliesforaWindowsenvironment.For
informationaboutconguringRAIDinaLinuxenvironment,contactyourLinuxsoftwareprovider.
InstallingSATAorSASharddiskdrivesandconguringRAID
ThissectioncontainsinformationabouttherequirednumberofSATAorSASharddiskdrivesforthe
supportedlevelofRAIDconguration.
Note:YourcomputermusthaveeitherallSATAharddiskdrivesorallSASharddiskdrivesinstalled.
However,besurethatyoudonotinstallboththeSATAandSASharddiskdrivesintothesamecomputer.
InstallingSATAorSASharddiskdrives
YourcomputermusthavetheminimumnumberofSATAorSASharddiskdrivesinstalledforthesupported
levelofRAIDbelow:
•RAIDLevel0–Stripeddiskarray
–Twoharddiskdrivesminimum
–Betterperformancewithoutfaulttolerance
•RAIDLevel1–Mirroreddiskarray
–Twoharddiskdrivesminimum
–Improvedreadperformanceand100%redundancy
•RAIDLevel5–Block-levelstripeddiskarraywithdistributedparity
–Threeharddiskdrivesminimum
–Datastripedatthebytelevel
–Stripeerrorcorrectioninformation
–Betterperformanceandfaulttolerance
•RAIDLevel10–CombiningfeaturesofRAID0andRAID1
–Fourharddiskdrivesminimum
–Veryhighreliabilitycombinedwithhighperformance
–Faulttolerance
ToinstallanewSATAorSASharddiskdrive,refertotheinstallationprocedurein“Replacingaharddisk
drive”intheThinkStationHardwareInstallationandReplacementGuide.
EnteringtheMarvellBIOSSetuptocongureSATAorSASRAID
ThissectiondescribeshowtoentertheMarvellBIOSSetuptocongureaSATAorSASRAID.
1.TurnonthecomputerafteryouhaveinstalledtherequirednumberofSATAorSASharddiskdrives.
2.PressCtrl+MwhenpromptedtoentertheMarvellBIOSSetuptocongureSATA/SASRAID.
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