Lenovo 2394F1U Installing and configuring RAID, Supported RAID levels, Select Serial ATA SATA

Chapter 5. Installing and configuring RAID

This chapter contains the following topics:

•“Supported RAID levels” on page 47

•“Configuring the system UEFI BIOS to enable embedded SATA RAID functionality” on page 47

•“Creating RAID volumes” on page 48

•“Deleting RAID volumes” on page 48

Note: When the UEFI BIOS was formatted or the system board was replaced in the RAID-supported models, RAID is enabled by default.

Important notices for setting RAID:

Before you install and configure RAID, check the current RAID setting on the computer you are servicing.

This product supports either RAID 0 or RAID 1. Confirm the RAID setting information provided by the customer at first, then proceed with the installation.

To support RAID 0 or RAID 1, the computers you are servicing must be equipped with two rives.

Supported RAID levels

The following RAID levels are supported on RAID-supported models:

RAID 0 - Striped disk array

Better performance and no fault tolerance.

RAID 1 - Mirrored disk array

Improved read performance and 100% redundancy.

Configuring the system UEFI BIOS to enable embedded SATA RAID functionality

Note: For RAID-supported models, the embedded SATA RAID functionality is enabled by default. To configure the UEFI BIOS for RAID, do the following:

1.Press F1 to enter the ThinkPad Setup program.

2.Select Config.

3.Select Serial ATA (SATA).

4.Select SATA Controller Mode Option, and then the following options will be displayed:

•Compatibility

•AHCI

•RAID

5.Select RAID.

6.Press F10 to save changes and exit.

Attention: After you have enabled the SATA RAID functionality, reinstall the operating system before taking any further RAID-related action.

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