
•OnboardSATAsoftwareRAIDconfigurationusingtheLSISoftwareRAIDConfigurationUtility
program;andRAIDmanagementusingtheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogram
TheonboardSATAsoftwareRAIDcontrollerisintegratedontheIntelC202chiponthesystemboard.
IfyourserverhasSATAharddiskdrivesthatareconnectedtothesystemboard,youcanusetheLSI
SoftwareRAIDConfigurationUtilityprogramtoconfigureRAID.Bydefault,yourserversupportsonboard
SATAsoftwareRAIDlevels0,1,and10.YoualsocanactivateRAIDlevel5byinstallingaThinkServer
SATASoftwareRAID5activationkey.See“InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID100upgrade
keyforAdvancedRAID”onpage111
.
YoucaninstallandusetheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramtomanagetheRAIDarrayandRAID
controllerinanoperatingsystemenvironment.
Fordetailedinformation,see“ConfiguringtheonboardSATAsoftwareRAID”onpage76.
•AdvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDconfigurationusingtheWebBIOSConfigurationUtility
program;andRAIDmanagementusingtheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramandtheMegaCLI
ConfigurationUtilityprogram(requiresaRAIDcard)
SomeservermodelscomewitharequiredRAIDcardtoprovideadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID
functionstotheserver.YoualsocanpurchasetheRAIDcardfromLenovoandinstallitintoservermodels
thatsupporttheRAIDcardtogetadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDfunctions.See“RAIDcard”on
page33
and“InstallingorremovingtheRAIDcard”onpage103formoreinformation.
Note:ForservermodelswithmorethanfourharddiskdrivesormodelsthatuseSASharddiskdrives,a
RAIDcardmustbeinstalled.
TheRAIDcardprovidestheWebBIOSConfigurationUtilityprogramtohelpyouconfigureRAID
independentlyoftheoperatingsystem.YoualsocaninstalltheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramand
theMegaCLIConfigurationUtilityprogramtohelpyoumanagetheRAIDarrayandRAIDcontrollerin
anoperatingsystemenvironment.ThesupportedRAIDlevelsareRAID0,1,and10bydefault.Forthe
ThinkServerRAID500Adapter,toactivateRAID5andRAID50levels,youneedtoinstallaRAID5keyon
theRAIDcard.See“FortheThinkServerRAID500Adapter:InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID
500UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAID”onpage105
.
Fordetailedinformation,see“ConfiguringtheadvancedSATAorSAShardwareRAID”onpage81.
Note:TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimplifiestheprocessofconfiguringsupportedRAIDand
installingsupportedoperatingsystemsanddevicedrivers.
BeforeconfiguringRAIDforyourserver,observethefollowingprecautions:
1.UseharddiskdrivesthathavethesamecapacitywithinasingleRAIDarray.
2.Useharddiskdrivesthatareofthesametype(SATAorSAS)withinasingleRAIDarray.
3.Dependingontheoperatingsystem,theprimaryRAIDmightbelimitedto2TBtotaldrivecapacity.
ConfiguringRAIDusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram
TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimplifiestheprocessofconfiguringsupportedRAIDandinstalling
supportedWindowsandLinuxoperatingsystemsanddevicedriversonyourserver.Theuserguideforthe
programcanbeaccesseddirectlyfromtheprograminterface.
TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramhasthefollowingfeaturesforRAIDconfiguration:
•ForusewithallsupportedRAIDcontrollers
•AutomaticallydetectshardwareandlistsallsupportedRAIDconfigurations
•Configuresoneormorediskarrayspercontrollerdependingonthenumberofdrivesattachedtothe
controllerandtheRAIDlevelselected
•Supportshot-sparedrives
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