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Table 24. RAID utilities
RAID configuration utility
EasyStartup RAID
configuration utility
INTEL ESRT2 SATA
software RAID
Configuration Utility
program
ThinkServer MegaRAID
WebBIOS Configuration
Utility
Using the ThinkServer EasyStartup program
The ThinkServer EasyStartup DVD simplifies the process of configuring your RAID controllers and installing
an operating system. The program works in conjunction with your Windows or Linux operating-system
installation disc to automate the process of installing the operating systems and associated device drivers.
If you did not receive an ThinkServer EasyStartup DVD with your server, you can download an image from
the Lenovo Support Web site at http://www.lenovo.com/support.
The EasyStartup program has the following features:
• Self-booting DVD
Description
• For use with all
factory-supported RAID
controllers
• Automatically detects
hardware and lists
all supported RAID
configurations
• Configures one disk
array per controller
using all drives currently
attached to the controller
• Created a RAID response
file that can be used
to configure RAID
controllers on similarly
configured Lenovo
servers.
INTEL ESRT2 SATA
software RAID
ThinkServer 9240-8i RAID
0/1 Adapter
Location
EasyStartup DVD
Press Ctrl+E to start
Press Ctrl+H to start
Chapter 6
Where to find more
information
"Using the ThinkServer
EasyStartup program" on
page 103
"Configuring the onboard
SATA software RAID" on
page 106
Refer to the MegaRAID SAS
Software User Guide on the
ThinkServer Documentation
DVD that came with
you server or download
the publication from the
Lenovo Support Web site
at http://www.lenovo.
com/support. And you
can find and install the
MegaCLI program and
the MegaRAID Storage
Manager program in the
ThinkServer EasyStartup
DVD that came with your
server. Insert the DVD into
the optical drive and the
files are in the \Tools And
Utilities directory.
103
.
Configuring the server
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