Configuring The Server; Configuring The Onboard Sas/Sata Controller - Fujitsu PRIMERGY TX2540 M1 Operating Manual

Starting up and operation
6.4

Configuring the server

This section contains information about configuring the server and installing the
operating system.
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Make sure that the power saving functions are disabled in the Power
menu of the BIOS Setup during operation.
6.4.1

Configuring the onboard SAS/SATA controller

A SAS/SATA controller is integrated on the system board. You can configure the
onboard controller either before or during installation with the ServerView
Installation Manager. Using the ServerView Installation Manager is
recommended.
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The controller has its own configuration utility. For further information,
refer to the "Embedded MegaRAID Software User's Guide" (on the
Fujitsu manuals server under Industry Standard Servers - Expansion Cards
- Storage Adapters - LSI SAS / SCSI RAID Controllers).
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The SAS functionality needs to be enabled separately by using an
onboard SAS enabling key.
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Descriptions of operating systems not covered in the controller manual
are provided in the corresponding readme under:
http://www.fujitsu.com/global/services/computing/server/ia/driver/index.html
(for the EMEA market).
http://www.fmworld.net/cgi-bin/drviasearch/drviaindex.cgi
(for the Japanese market).
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In the system BIOS the onboard SAS/SATA controller can be configured
as "RAID" (default) or "non-RAID".
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