IBM 7944, Installation And User Manual

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Step 5. Select
LSI controller_driver_name Driver
and press Enter, where
controller_driver_name
is the name
of the SAS/SATA controller driver. For the SAS/SATA controller driver name, see the
documentation that comes with your controller.
Step 6. To perform storage-management tasks, follow the procedures in the documentation that comes
with the SAS/SATA controller.
When you have finished changing settings, press Esc to exit from the program; select
Save
to save the
settings that you have changed.
Formatting a hard disk drive
Low-level formatting removes all data from the hard disk. If there is data on the disk that you want to save,
back up the hard disk before you perform this procedure.
Note:
Before you format a hard disk, make sure that the disk is not part of a mirrored pair.
To format a drive, complete the following steps:
Step 1. From the list of adapters, select the controller (channel) for the drive that you want to format and
press Enter.
Step 2. Select
SAS Topology
and press Enter.
Step 3. Select
Direct Attach Devices
and press Enter.
Step 4. To highlight the drive that you want to format, use the Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys. To scroll left
and right, use the Left Arrow and Right Arrow keys or the End key. Press Alt+D.
Step 5. To start the low-level formatting operation, select
Format
and press Enter.
Creating a RAID array of hard disk drives
Use this information to create a RAID array of hard disk drives.
To create a RAID array of hard disk drives, complete the following steps:
Step 1. From the list of adapters, select the controller (channel) for the drives that you want to mirror.
Step 2. Select
RAID Properties
.
Step 3. Select the type of array that you want to create.
Step 4. Use the arrow keys to highlight the first drive in the pair; then, press the Minus (-) or Plus (+) key to
change the mirror value to
Primary
.
Step 5. Continue to select the next drive using the Minus (-) or Plus (+) key until you have selected all the
drives for your array.
Step 6. Press C to create the disk array.
Step 7. Select
Apply changes and exit menu
to create the array.
IBM Advanced Settings Utility program
The IBM Advanced Settings Utility (ASU) program is an alternative to the Setup utility for modifying UEFI
settings.
Use the ASU program online or out of band to modify UEFI settings from the command line without the need
to restart the system to access the Setup utility.
Chapter 3
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Configuring the server
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