Lenovo 43192NF User Manual - Page 79

Installing and configuring RAID This chapter presents following information about attaching SATA devices and configuring RAID for the RAID-supported models in this product. Note: When the 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, make sure of the current RAID setting on the computer you are servicing. This product supports either RAID Level 0 (RAID 0) or RAID Level 1 (RAID 1). Confirm the RAID setting information provided from the customer at first, then proceed with the installation. Good or non failing drives have to be in HDD bay 0 if you have RAID 1. v "Supported RAID configurations" v "Configuring the system BIOS to enable embedded SATA RAID functionality" v "Creating RAID volumes" on page 72 v "Deleting RAID volumes" on page 72 Supported RAID configurations The following RAID configurations are supported on ThinkPad W510: RAID Level 0 (RAID 0) - Striped disk array Better performance and no fault tolerance. RAID Level 1 (RAID 1) - Mirrored disk array Improved read performance and 100% redundancy. Configuring the system BIOS to enable embedded SATA RAID functionality To configure the BIOS for RAID, do as follows: 1. Press F1 to enter the BIOS Setup Utility menu. 2. Select Config. 3. Select Serial ATA (SATA). 4. Select SATA Controller Mode Option 5. Select RAID 6. Press F10 to save the settings. Note: SATA Controller Mode Option is recovered to RAID by default. When you use other mode before load default setting in BIOS Setup Utility menu such as F9 key, you have to restore the setting as you like. © Copyright Lenovo 2009 71