Server User Manual

Note:Apasswordcanbeanycombinationofupto6(1to6)alphabeticandnumericcharacters.For
moreinformation,see“Passwordconsiderations”onpage75.
RAIDcontrollers
ThefollowingtableliststhevariousutilitiesavailabletocongureRAIDcontrollersbeforeanoperating
systemisinstalled.
Table28.RAIDutilities
UtilityDescriptionLocation
Wheretondmore
information
EasyStartupRAID
congurationutility
•Forusewithall
factory-supportedRAID
controllers
•Automaticallydetects
hardwareandlists
allsupportedRAID
congurations
•Conguresonedisk
arraypercontroller
usingalldrivescurrently
attachedtothecontroller
•CreatedaRAIDresponse
lethatcanbeused
tocongureRAID
controllersonsimilarly
conguredLenovo
servers.
EasyStartupDVD“UsingtheThinkServer
EasyStartupprogram”on
page76
INTELiMSTSATAsoftware
RAIDCongurationUtility
program
INTELiMSTSATAsoftware
RAID
PressCtrl+Itostart“Conguringtheonboard
SATAsoftwareRAID”on
page79
LSIMegaRAIDWebBIOS
CongurationUtility
ThinkServer8708ELPSAS
RAIDAdapter,ThinkServer
8708EM2RAIDAdapter,
orThinkServerRAID700
Adapter(9260-8i)
PressCtrl+Htostart
RefertotheMegaRAID
SASSoftwareUserGuide
onthedocumentationDVD
thatcamewithyouserver.
Andyoucanndandinstall
theMegaCLIprogramand
theMegaRAIDStorage
Managerprograminthe
ThinkServerEasyStartup
DVDthatcamewithyour
server.InserttheDVDinto
theopticaldriveandthe
lesareinthe\ToolsAnd
Utilitiesdirectory.
UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram
TheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDsimpliestheprocessofconguringyourRAIDcontrollersandinstalling
anoperatingsystem.TheprogramworksinconjunctionwithyourWindowsorLinuxoperating-system
installationdisctoautomatetheprocessofinstallingtheoperatingsystemsandassociateddevicedrivers.
IfyoudidnotreceiveanThinkServerEasyStartupDVDwithyourserver,youcandownloadanimagefrom
theLenovoSupportWebsiteathttp://www.lenovo.com/support.
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