RAID controllers
The following table lists the various utilities available to configure RAID controllers before an operating system is installed.
Table 12. RAID utilities
RAID configuration |
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utility | Description | Location | information | |
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EasyStartup RAID | v | For use with all | EasyStartup DVD | “Using the |
configuration utility |
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| ThinkServer | |
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| EasyStartup DVD” on | |
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| RAID controllers |
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| page 114 | |
| v | Automatically |
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| detects hardware |
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| and lists all |
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| supported RAID |
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| configurations |
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| v | Configures one |
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| disk array per |
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| controller using all |
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| drives currently |
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| attached to the |
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| controller |
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| v | Created a RAID |
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| response file that |
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| can be used to |
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| configure RAID |
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| controllers on |
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| similarly configured |
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| Lenovo servers. |
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MegaRAID BIOS | For: | In system firmware. | “Using the WebBIOS | |
Configuration Utility | v | To access: | utility” on page 112 | |
(WebBIOS) |
| controller | v Use UEFI Setup |
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| Utility. |
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| v Press Ctrl + H at |
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| controller | the WebBIOS |
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| v |
| prompt during |
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| startup. |
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| controller |
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LSI Logic MPT Setup | For: | In system firmware. | “Using the LSI | |
Utility | v | To access: | Configuration Utility | |
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| controller | v Use UEFI Setup | program” |
| v | Utility. |
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| controller | v Press Ctrl + C at |
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| the LSI prompt |
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| during startup. |
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Using the LSI Configuration Utility program
Use the LSI Configuration Utility program to configure and manage redundant array of independent disks (RAID) arrays. Be sure to use this program as described in this document.
vUse the LSI Configuration Utility program to:
–Perform™ a
–Create an array of hard disk drives with or without a
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