Lenovo TD100X manual SerialSelect Utility, Disk Utilities, Select Create Array

Select this choice to create, manage, or delete arrays, add or delete a hot-spare drive, or initialize drives.

vSerialSelect Utility

Select this choice to configure the controller interface definitions or to configure the physical transfer and SAS or SATA 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.

Starting RAID Configuration Utility program: To start the IBM ServeRAID Configuration Utility program, complete the following steps:

1.Turn on the server.

2.When the message Press <CTRL><A> for IBM ServeRAID Configuration Utility appears, press Ctrl+A. If you have set an administrative password, you are prompted to type the password.

3.To select a choice from the menu, use the arrow keys to highlight it and press Enter.

Creating a RAID array: To use the IBM ServeRAID Configuration Utility to configure a RAID level-1 array, complete the following steps:

1.From the IBM ServeRAID Configuration Utility program menu, select Array Configuration Utility.

2.Select Create Array.

3.From the list of ready drives, select the two drives that you want to group into the array.

4.When you are prompted to select the RAID type, select RAID 0 or RAID-1.

5.(Optional) Type an identifier for the array.

6.When you are prompted for the array build method, select Quick Init.

7.Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the configuration; then, select Done to exit.

8.Restart the server.

Viewing the array configuration: To view information about the RAID array, complete the following steps:

1.Start the IBM ServeRAID Configuration Utility program.

2.From the IBM ServeRAID Configuration Utility window, select Manage Arrays.

3.Select an array and press Enter.

4.To exit from the program, press Esc.

Configuring simple-swap SATA RAID

Use the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility program to configure and manage simple-swap SATA redundant array of independent disks (RAID) on simple-swap SATA models with no ServeRAID adapter installed.

This utility is part of the BIOS code. The Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility program adds RAID functionality to the integrated SATA controller. The integrated Serial ATA (SATA) controller comes disabled by default. You must enable it and install the device drivers before you can use it. The device drivers, documentation, and other information are available on the IBM ServeRAID-8e (Adaptec HostRAID) Support CD.

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