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ThinkServer RAID 500 Adapter, to activate RAID 5 level, you need to install a RAID 5 key on the RAID card. See "Installing or removing the ThinkServer RAID 500 Upgrade Key for Advanced RAID" on page 66. The installation packages for the MegaRAID Storage Manager program and the MegaCLI Configuration Utility program are on the ThinkServer EasyStartup DVD. After you enter the operating system, insert the ThinkServer EasyStartup DVD into the optical drive. The installation packages for the programs are located in the Utilities and Others folder in the root directory of the DVD. Note: The ThinkServer EasyStartup DVD is designed for different types of servers and the Utilities and Others folder might contain additional installation packages that are not required to be installed into your server. For instructions on how to configure and manage the advanced SATA or SAS hardware RAID, refer to the MegaRAID SAS Software User Guide on the documentation DVD that comes with your server. This document is also available on the Lenovo Web site at: http://www.lenovo.com/UserManuals Configuring RAID using the ThinkServer EasyStartup program The ThinkServer EasyStartup program simplifies the process of configuring supported RAID and installing supported Windows and Linux operating systems and device drivers on your server. The user guide for the program can be accessed directly from the program interface. The ThinkServer EasyStartup program has the following features for RAID configuration: • For use with all supported RAID controllers • Automatically detects hardware and lists all supported RAID configurations • Configures one or more disk arrays per controller depending on the number of drives attached to the controller and the RAID level selected • Supports hot-spare drives • Creates a RAID response file that can be used to configure RAID controllers on similarly configured Lenovo servers See "Using the ThinkServer EasyStartup program" on page 44 and view the user guide from the main interface of the program. Some RAID management software also is provided on the ThinkServer EasyStartup DVD to help you manage RAID arrays and RAID controllers in an operating system environment. After you enter the operating system, insert the ThinkServer EasyStartup DVD into the optical drive. The installation packages for the programs are located in the Utilities and Others folder in the root directory of the DVD. The ThinkServer EasyStartup DVD is designed for different types of servers and the Utilities and Others folder might contain additional installation packages that are not required to be installed into your server. For more information, see "Installing and using the MegaRAID Storage Manager program" on page 51 and "Configuring the advanced SATA or SAS hardware RAID" on page 50. 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: Chapter 5. Configuring the server 51

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ThinkServer RAID 500 Adapter, to activate RAID 5 level, you need to install a RAID 5 key on the RAID card.
See “Installing or removing the ThinkServer RAID 500 Upgrade Key for Advanced RAID” on page 66.
The installation packages for the MegaRAID Storage Manager program and the MegaCLI Configuration
Utility program are on the
ThinkServerEasyStartup
DVD. After you enter the operating system, insert the
ThinkServerEasyStartup
DVDintotheopticaldrive.Theinstallationpackagesfortheprogramsarelocatedin
the Utilities and Others folder in the root directory of the DVD.
Note:
The
ThinkServerEasyStartup
DVDisdesignedfordifferenttypesofserversandtheUtilitiesandOthers
folder might contain additional installation packages that are not required to be installed into your server.
For instructions on how to configure and manage the advanced SATA or SAS hardware RAID, refer to
the
MegaRAIDSASSoftwareUserGuide
on the documentation DVD that comes with your server. This
documentisalsoavailableontheLenovoWebsiteat:
ConfiguringRAIDusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram
The ThinkServer EasyStartup program simplifies the process of configuring supported RAID and installing
supported Windows and Linux operating systems and device drivers on your server. The user guide for the
program can be accessed directly from the program interface.
The ThinkServer EasyStartup program has the following features for RAID configuration:
• For use with all supported RAID controllers
• Automatically detects hardware and lists all supported RAID configurations
• Configures one or more disk arrays per controller depending on the number of drives attached to the
controller and the RAID level selected
• Supports hot-spare drives
• Creates a RAID response file that can be used to configure RAID controllers on similarly configured
Lenovo servers
See “Using the ThinkServer EasyStartup program” on page 44 and view the user guide from the main
interface of the program.
SomeRAIDmanagementsoftwarealsoisprovidedonthe
ThinkServerEasyStartup
DVDtohelpyoumanage
RAID arrays and RAID controllers in an operating system environment. After you enter the operating system,
insertthe
ThinkServerEasyStartup
DVD into the optical drive. The installation packages for the programs are
locatedintheUtilitiesandOthersfolderintherootdirectoryoftheDVD.The
ThinkServerEasyStartup
DVDis
designed for different types of servers and the Utilities and Others folder might contain additional installation
packages that are not required to be installed into your server. For more information, see “Installing and
using the MegaRAID Storage Manager program” on page 51 and “Configuring the advanced SATA or SAS
hardware RAID” on page 50.
InstallingandusingtheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogram
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
ThinkServerEasyStartup
DVD. After you enter the operating system, insert the
ThinkServerEasyStartup
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.
ToinstallandusetheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogram,refertothefollowingchaptersinthe
MegaRAID
SASSoftwareUserGuide
on the documentation DVD that comes with your server:
Chapter 5
.
Configuring the server
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