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Configuring RAID using the Lenovo ThinkServer Deployment Manager
program
Deployment Manager simplifies the process of configuring supported RAID. The help system for the program
can be accessed directly from the program interface.
Deployment Manager 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 storage products
See “Lenovo ThinkServer Deployment Manager” on page 13 and view the help system from the main
interface of the program.
Configuring the advanced SATA or SAS hardware RAID
Your storage product comes with an AnyRAID adapter to provide advanced SATA or SAS hardware RAID
functions.
Note: Depending on the operating system, the total drive capacity of the primary RAID might be limited to
2 TB.
You can use the following programs or tools to configure the advanced SATA or SAS hardware RAID.
• MegaRAID Human Interface Infrastructure (HII) configuration utility
This utility enables you to configure RAID independently of the operating system. To display the HII
configuration utility interface, start the storage product and press the F1 key as soon as you see the
screen to enter the Setup Utility program. Then, select
Boot Manager ➙ Adapters and UEFI Drivers .
• MegaRAID Storage Manager program
This program provides graphical user interface (GUI) for you to create and manage storage configurations
in an operating system environment.
• Storage Command Line Tool (StorCLI)
This is a command-line management tool that is used to configure RAID in an operating system
environment.
To download the MegaRAID Storage Manager program and StorCLI, go to http://www.lenovo.com/drivers
and follow the instructions on the Web page.
For more information about 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 storage
product. This document also is available on the Lenovo Web site at:
http://www.lenovo.com/support
Updating the firmware
When you replace a device in the storage product, you might have to either update the storage product
with the latest version of the firmware that is stored in memory on the device or reflash the BIOS, the TSM
firmware, and the FRU/SDR.
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