Starting the IBM ServeRAID Configuration Utility program
To start the IBM ServeRAID Configuration Utility program, complete the following steps:
1.Turn on the server.
2.When the prompt <<< Press <CTRL><A> for IBM ServeRAID Configuration Utility! >>> appears, press Ctrl+A. If you have set an administrator password, you are prompted to type the password.
3.To select a choice from the menu, use the arrow keys.
4.Use the arrow keys to select the channel for which you want to change settings.
5.To change the settings of the selected items, follow the instructions on the screen. Be sure to press Enter to save your changes.
IBM ServeRAID Configuration Utility menu choices
The following choices are on the IBM ServeRAID Configuration Utility menu:
vArray Configuration Utility
Select this choice to create, manage, or delete arrays, or to initialize drives.
vSerialSelect Utility
Select this choice to configure the controller interface definitions or to configure the physical transfer and SAS address of the selected drive.
vDisk Utilities
Select this choice to format a disk or verify the disk media. Select a device from the list and read the instructions on the screen carefully before making a selection.
Using ServeRAID Manager
Use ServeRAID Manager, which is on the IBM ServeRAID Support CD, to perform the following tasks:
vConfigure a redundant array of independent disks (RAID) array
vErase all data from a hard disk drive and return the disk to the
vView the RAID configuration and associated devices
vMonitor the operation of the RAID controller
To perform some tasks, you can run ServeRAID Manager as an installed program. However, to configure the RAID controller and perform an initial RAID configuration on the server, you must run ServeRAID Manager in Startable CD mode, as described in the instructions in this section.
See the ServeRAID documentation on the IBM ServeRAID Support CD for additional information about RAID technology and instructions for using ServeRAID Manager to configure the RAID controller. Additional information about ServeRAID Manager is also available from the Help menu. For information about a specific object in the ServeRAID Manager tree, select the object and click Actions
Configuring the RAID controller
By running ServeRAID Manager in Startable CD mode, you can configure the RAID controller before you install the operating system. The information in this section assumes that you are running ServeRAID Manager in Startable CD mode.
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