3.Usetheupanddownarrowkeysandthespacekeytomarkindividualharddiskdrivetobereset,
andthenpressEntertocompletetheselection.
4.Whenprompted,pressYtoconfirmtheresetaction.
5.IftheharddiskdriveyouresetispartofaRAIDvolume,thecomputermightdetectthattheRAIDvolume
isdegraded.Inthiscase,youarepromptedtoselectaharddiskdrivetoinitiatearebuildprocess.
6.Selectanavailableharddiskdrive,andthenpressEntertoinitiatetherebuildprocess.
Note:PressEsctocancelarebuildprocessandkeeptheRAIDvolumeinthedegradedstatus.Inthe
MainMenuwindowunderDISK/VOLUMEINFORMATION,youwillseethestatusoftheRAIDvolume
ischangedtoDegraded.
QuickRAIDsetupusingtheLSIMegaRAIDBIOSconfigurationutility
Notes:
•TheLSIMegaRAIDSASadapterandtheLSIMegaRAIDBIOSconfigurationutilityareonlyavailable
onsomemodels.
•Thefollowingstepsinthissectionareintendedtoguideyouthroughaquicksetupofbasic
RAIDfunctionswiththeLSIMegaRAIDSASadapter.Foradvancedsetupandconfiguration
usingthisadapter,refertothecompleteMegaRAIDSASSoftwareUserGuidethatisavailableat
http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/guides-and-manuals/detail.page?DocID=UM007543.
Thissectionprovidesinformationaboutthefollowingtopics:
•“InstallingSATAorSASharddiskdrives”onpage46
•“EnteringtheLSIMegaRAIDBIOSconfigurationutility”onpage47
•“CreatingRAIDvolumesusingtheLSIMegaRAIDBIOSconfigurationutility”onpage47
•“DeletingRAIDvolumesusingtheLSIMegaRAIDBIOSconfigurationutility”onpage48
•“Settingthehotspareharddiskdrive”onpage48
InstallingSATAorSASharddiskdrives
EnsurethatyourcomputerhastheminimumnumberofSATAorSASharddiskdrivesinstalledforthe
followingsupportedlevelsofRAID:
•RAIDLevel0-Stripeddiskarray
–ARAIDLevel0harddiskdrivegroupconsistingofatleastoneharddiskdrive
–Supportedstripsize:8KBto1MB
–Betterperformancewithoutfaulttolerance
•RAIDLevel00-SpannedharddiskdrivegroupwithaseriesofRAID0harddiskdrivegroups
–ARAIDLevel00harddiskdrivegroupconsistingoftwoorfourharddiskdrives
–Supportedstripsize:8KBto1MB
–Betterperformancewithoutfaulttolerance
•RAIDLevel1-Mirroreddiskarray
–ARAIDLevel1harddiskdrivegroupconsistingoftwoorfourharddiskdrives
–Improvedreadperformanceand100%redundancy
•RAIDLevel10-AcombinationofRAIDLevel0andRAIDLevel1
–ARAIDLevel10harddiskdrivegroupconsistingoffourharddiskdrives
–Databeingstripedacrossharddiskdrivegroups
–Providesbothhighdatatransferratesandcompletedataredundancy
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