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 82.
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/ThinkServerUserGuides
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 52 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
using the MegaRAID Storage Manager program” on page 59 and “Configuring the advanced SATA or SAS
hardware RAID” on page 58.
Installing and using the MegaRAID Storage Manager program
You can install and use the MegaRAID Storage Manager program to manage the RAID array and RAID
controller in an operating system environment after configuring RAID.
The installation package for the MegaRAID Storage Manager program is on the
ThinkServer EasyStartup
DVD. After you enter the operating system, insert the
ThinkServer EasyStartup
DVD into the optical drive.
The installation package for the MegaRAID Storage Manager program is located in the Utilities and Others
folder in the root directory of the DVD.
Chapter 5
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Configuring the server
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