Lenovo 4105, 4157 Creating RAID volumes, Deleting RAID volumes, Installing SAS hard disk drives

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Creating RAID volumes

This section describes how to use the Intel Matrix Storage Manager option ROM configuration utility to create RAID volumes.

1.Press Ctrl+I when prompted to enter the Intel Matrix Storage Manager option ROM configuration utility. Note: To make enough physical hard disk drives available to create a RAID volume.

2.Use the up and down arrow keys to select Create RAID Volume and press Enter.

3.Type a proper RAID Volume name in the Name field and press Tab.

4.Use the arrow keys to select a RAID level in the RAID Level field and press Tab.

5.If appropriate, use the arrow keys to select a Stripe Size in the Stripe Size field and press Tab.

6.Type a volume size in the Capacity field and press Tab.

7.Press Enter to initiate volume creation.

8.When prompted, press Y to accept the warning message and create the volume.

9.Return to step 2 to create additional RAID volumes, or select Exit and press Enter.

10.Press Y when prompted to confirm the exit.

Deleting RAID volumes

This section describes how to use the Intel Matrix Storage Manager option ROM configuration utility to delete RAID volumes.

1.Press Ctrl+I when prompted to enter the Intel Matrix Storage Manager option ROM configuration utility.

2.Use the up and down arrow keys to select Delete RAID Volume and press Enter.

3.Use the arrow keys to select the RAID volume to be deleted and press Delete.

4.When prompted, press Y to confirm the deletion of the selected RAID volume. Deleting a RAID volume will reset the hard disk drives to non-RAID.

5.After deleting a RAID volume, you can:

•Return to step 2 to delete additional RAID volumes.

•See “Creating RAID volumes” on page 22 for RAID volume creation.

•Use the up and down arrow keys to select Exit and press Enter.

•Use the up and down arrow keys to select Reset Disks to Non-RAIDand press Enter.

a.Use the arrow keys and the space key to mark individual physical hard disk drives to be reset, and then press Enter to complete the selection.

b.When prompted, press Y to confirm the reset action.

c.After completing the Reset Disks to Non-RAID function, you can:

–Return to step 2 to delete additional RAID volumes.

–See “Creating RAID volumes” on page 22 for RAID volume creation.

–Use the up and down arrow keys to select Exit and press Enter.

Installing SAS hard disk drives and configuring RAID

This section contains information about the required number of SAS hard disk drives for the supported level of RAID and SAS RAID configuration.

Installing SAS hard disk drives

Your computer must have the minimum number of SAS hard disk drives installed for the supported level of RAID below:

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