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Configuring the advanced SATA/SAS hardware RAID

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To run a consistency check using the LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility program, do the following: 1. Start the LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility program. See "Starting the LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility program" on page 59. 2. On the main interface of the program, select Check Consistency and follow the instructions on the screen. The consistency check rate is the rate at which consistency check operations are run on a system. The consistency check rate can be configured between 0 percent and 100 percent. At 0 percent, the consistency check is done only if the system is not doing anything else. At 100 percent, the consistency check has a higher priority than any other system activity. To configure the consistency check rate using the LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility program, do the following: Note: Using a consistency check rate of 0 or 100 percent is not recommended. The default value is 30 percent. 1. Start the LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility program. See "Starting the LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility program" on page 59. 2. On the main interface of the program, select Objects ➙ Adapter ➙ Chk Const Rate. 3. Set the consistency check rate by typing a desired value from the keyboard directly. Installing and using the MegaRAID Storage Manager program You can install and use the MegaRAID Storage Manager program to manage the RAID array and RAID controller in an operating system environment after configuring RAID. The installation package for the MegaRAID Storage Manager program is on the ThinkServer EasyStartup DVD. After you enter the operating system, insert the ThinkServer EasyStartup DVD into the optical drive. The installation package for the MegaRAID Storage Manager program is located in the Utilities and Others folder in the root directory of the DVD. To install and use the MegaRAID Storage Manager program, refer to the following chapters in the MegaRAID SAS Software User Guide on the documentation DVD that comes with your server: Note: Some information in these chapters might be intended for the advanced SATA/SAS hardware RAID configurations and might not apply to the ThinkServer RAID 300 configurations. • "MegaRAID Storage Manager Overview and Installation" • "MegaRAID Storage Manager Window and Menus" • "Monitoring System Events and Storage Devices" • "Maintaining and Managing Storage Configurations" The MegaRAID SAS Software User Guide also is available on the Lenovo Web site at: http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkServerUserGuides Configuring the advanced SATA/SAS hardware RAID Before configuring RAID for your server, observe the following precautions: • Use hard disk drives that are of the same type (SATA or SAS) and have the same capacity within a single RAID array. • The total drive capacity of the primary RAID array might be limited to 2 TB. Chapter 5. Configuring the server 63

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To run a consistency check using the LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility program, do the following:
1. Start the LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility program. See “Starting the LSI Software RAID
Configuration Utility program” on page 59.
2. On the main interface of the program, select
Check Consistency
and follow the instructions on the
screen.
The consistency check rate is the rate at which consistency check operations are run on a system. The
consistency check rate can be configured between 0 percent and 100 percent. At 0 percent, the consistency
check is done only if the system is not doing anything else. At 100 percent, the consistency check has a
higher priority than any other system activity.
To configure the consistency check rate using the LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility program, do
the following:
Note:
Using a consistency check rate of 0 or 100 percent is not recommended. The default value is 30
percent.
1. Start the LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility program. See “Starting the LSI Software RAID
Configuration Utility program” on page 59.
2. On the main interface of the program, select
Objects
➙
Adapter
➙
Chk Const Rate
.
3. Set the consistency check rate by typing a desired value from the keyboard directly.
Installing and using the MegaRAID Storage Manager program
You can install and use the MegaRAID Storage Manager program to manage the RAID array and RAID
controller in an operating system environment after configuring RAID.
The installation package for the MegaRAID Storage Manager program is on the
ThinkServer EasyStartup
DVD. After you enter the operating system, insert the
ThinkServer EasyStartup
DVD into the optical drive.
The installation package for the MegaRAID Storage Manager program is located in the Utilities and Others
folder in the root directory of the DVD.
To install and use the MegaRAID Storage Manager program, refer to the following chapters in the
MegaRAID
SAS Software User Guide
on the documentation DVD that comes with your server:
Note:
Some information in these chapters might be intended for the advanced SATA/SAS hardware RAID
configurations and might not apply to the ThinkServer RAID 300 configurations.
•
“MegaRAID Storage Manager Overview and Installation”
•
“MegaRAID Storage Manager Window and Menus”
•
“Monitoring System Events and Storage Devices”
•
“Maintaining and Managing Storage Configurations”
The
MegaRAID SAS Software User Guide
also is available on the Lenovo Web site at:
Configuring the advanced SATA/SAS hardware RAID
Before configuring RAID for your server, observe the following precautions:
•
Use hard disk drives that are of the same type (SATA or SAS) and have the same capacity within a
single RAID array.
•
The total drive capacity of the primary RAID array might be limited to 2 TB.
Chapter 5
.
Configuring the server
63