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Manager in Startable CD mode, as described in the instructions in this section. If
you install a different type of RAID adapter in your server, use the configuration
method described in the instructions that come with that adapter to view or change
SCSI settings for attached devices.
Note: You can configure your SCSI controller with RAID capabilities to use RAID
level 1 before or after you install your operating system.
Important: If you use the integrated SCSI controller with RAID capabilities to
configure a RAID level 1 (mirrored) array after you install the operating
system, you will lose access to any data or applications that were
previously stored on the secondary physical drive of the mirrored pair.
See the ServeRAID documentation on the IBM ServeRAID Support CD for
additional information about RAID technology and instructions for using ServeRAID
Manager to configure your integrated SCSI controller with RAID capabilities.
Additional information about ServeRAID Manager is also available from the
Help
menu. For information about a specific object in the ServeRAID Manager tree,
select the object and click
Actions
→
Hints and tips .
Configuring the controller
By running ServeRAID Manager in Startable CD mode, you can configure the
controller before you install your operating system. The information in this section
assumes that you are running ServeRAID Manager in Startable CD mode.
To run ServeRAID Manager in Startable CD mode, turn on the server; then, insert
the CD into the CD-ROM drive. If ServeRAID Manager detects an unconfigured
controller and ready drives, the Configuration wizard starts, and a window similar to
that shown in the following illustration opens.
In the Configuration wizard, you can select express configuration or custom
configuration. Express configuration automatically configures the controller by
Chapter 2. Configuring your server
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