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Configuring the advanced SATA or SAS hardware RAID
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Configuring the advanced SATA or SAS hardware RAID Some server models come with a required RAID card to provide advanced SATA/SAS hardware RAID functions to the server. You also can purchase the RAID card from Lenovo and install it into server models that support the RAID card to get advanced SATA/SAS hardware RAID functions. See "RAID card" on page 29 and "Installing or removing the RAID card" on page 82 for more information. Note: For server models with more than four hard disk drives or models that use SAS hard disk drives, a RAID card must be installed. The RAID card provides the WebBIOS Configuration Utility program to help you configure RAID independently of the operating system. You also can install the MegaRAID Storage Manager program and the MegaCLI Configuration Utility program to help you manage the RAID array and RAID controller in an operating system environment. The supported RAID levels are RAID 0, 1, and 10 by default. For the ThinkServer RAID 500 Adapter, to activate RAID 5 and 50 levels, 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 84. 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 54 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 Chapter 5. Configuring the server 61