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ConguringtheonboardSATAsoftwareRAID

TheonboardSATAsoftwareRAIDcontrollerisintegratedintheIntelC202chiponthesystemboard.Ifyour

serverhasSATAharddiskdrivesthatareconnectedtothesystemboard,youcanusetheLSISoftware

RAIDCongurationUtilityprogramtocongureRAIDindependentlyoftheoperatingsystem.Yourserver

supportsonboardSATAsoftwareRAIDlevels0,1,and10.YoucanalsoactivateRAID5byinstalling

aThinkServerSATASoftwareRAID5activationkey.See“InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerSATA

SoftwareRAID5Key”onpage102

YoucaninstallandusetheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramtomanagetheRAIDarrayandRAID

controllerinanoperatingsystemenvironment.

StartingtheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtostarttheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram.

TostarttheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage55.

2.OntheAdvancedmenu,selectSATAConguration➙SATAMode.

3.SelectRAIDMode.Then,pressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.

4.Whenyouseethemessage“PressCtrl-MorEntertorunLSISoftwareRAIDSetupUtility,”immediately

pressCtrl+MorEntertostarttheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram.

LSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprograminterface

ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutthemenusanditemsintheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtility

program.Dependingontheversionoftheprogram,somemenuoriteminformationmightdifferslightlyfrom

theinformationinthistopic.

WhenworkingwiththeLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram,youmustusethekeyboard.

Thekeysusedtoperformvarioustasksaredisplayedonthebottomofeachscreen.Useupanddown

arrowkeystonavigatebetweenitems.Formostitems,thecorrespondinghelpmessageisdisplayed

onthebottomofthescreenwhentheitemisselected.Iftheitemhassubmenus,youcandisplaythe

submenusbypressingEnter.

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