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2. If you want to update your ServeRAID controllers, click Update . If the wizard
detects an error, an error message appears and you are prompted to insert a
diskette into your diskette drive. The wizard saves details about the error to a
file on the diskette.
If you do not want to update your ServeRAID controllers, click Cancel .
3. When all updates are completed, scroll through the Features window. This
window reports the changes that the IBM ServeRAID ROM Update Wizard
applied to your ServeRAID controllers.
4. Leave the IBM ServeRAID Support CD in the CD-ROM drive; shut down and
restart the server.
Configuring the ServeRAID controller
This section provides information about starting and using the ServeRAID Manager
program. You can use the ServeRAID Manager program to configure your
ServeRAID controllers, view the ServeRAID configurations and associated devices,
change controller settings, monitor your controllers, and more.
The information in this section focuses on using the ServeRAID Manager program
in startable-CD mode to configure your controllers or to change specific settings.
For information about other uses of ServeRAID Manager, see the ServeRAID
Manager online help.
If you are configuring an integrated RAID controller, see the instructions in the
Installation Guide provided with your server.
Important
If you intend to use your ServeRAID-4 controllers in a Microsoft Windows failover or
clustering environment, do the following:
v For failover, go to Chapter 6, “Configuring two ServeRAID controllers in a failover
environment” on page 51.
v For clustering, go to Part 3, “Installing the IBM ServeRAID Cluster Solution” on page 101.
Using ServeRAID Manager
The ServeRAID Manager program operates in two ways:
v Startable-CD mode
v As an installed software program
When you run the ServeRAID Manager program from the startable IBM ServeRAID
Support CD, you are using startable-CD mode. Startable-CD mode lets you to
configure your controller before you install your operating system. After you have
configured the controller and installed the operating system, you also can use
startable-CD mode to change specific controller settings. For additional information,
see “Viewing your configuration” on page 44.
To run the ServeRAID Manager program in startable-CD mode, turn on the server;
then, insert the
IBM ServeRAID Support CD (or the CD that contains the
ServeRAID Manager program that came with your server) into the CD-ROM drive.
If the ServeRAID Manager program detects unconfigured controllers and ready
drives, the program automatically starts the Configuration wizard, and a window
similar to that shown in Figure 10 on page 37 opens.
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