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Installing and configuring RAID, Supported RAID configurations

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Chapter 5. Installing and configuring RAID This chapter presents following information about attaching SATA devices and configuring RAID for this product. Important notices for setting RAID: Before you install and configure RAID, make sure of the current RAID setting on the computer you are servicing. ThinkPad W700, W700ds, W701, and W701ds 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. In this product, if the BIOS was formatted or the system board was replaced, RAID is not enabled by default. Good or non failing drives have to be in HDD bay 0 if you have RAID 1. • "Supported RAID configurations" on page 53 • "Configuring the system BIOS to enable embedded SATA RAID functionality" on page 53 • "Creating RAID volumes" on page 53 • "Deleting RAID volumes" on page 54 Supported RAID configurations The following RAID configurations are supported on ThinkPad W700, W700ds, W701, and W701ds: 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. Creating RAID volumes This section describes how to use the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager option ROM Configuration Utility to create RAID volumes. To create RAID volumes, do as follows: 1. Turn on the computer. © Copyright Lenovo 2008, 2011 53

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Chapter 5.
Installing and configuring RAID
This chapter presents following information about attaching SATA devices and configuring RAID for this
product.
Important notices for setting RAID:
Before you install and configure RAID, make sure of the current RAID setting on the computer you are
servicing.
ThinkPad W700, W700ds, W701, and W701ds 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.
In this product, if the BIOS was formatted or the system board was replaced, RAID is not enabled
by default.
Good or non failing drives have to be in HDD bay 0 if you have RAID 1.
•
“Supported RAID configurations” on page 53
•
“Configuring the system BIOS to enable embedded SATA RAID functionality” on page 53
•
“Creating RAID volumes” on page 53
•
“Deleting RAID volumes” on page 54
Supported RAID configurations
The following RAID configurations are supported on ThinkPad W700, W700ds, W701, and W701ds:
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.
Creating RAID volumes
This section describes how to use the Intel
®
Matrix Storage Manager option ROM Configuration Utility to
create RAID volumes.
To create RAID volumes, do as follows:
1. Turn on the computer.
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