User's Manual

Chapter7.InstallingharddiskdrivesandconguringRAID

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ThischaptercontainsinformationaboutinstallingharddiskdrivesandconguringRedundantArrayof

IndependentDisks(RAID)forthisproduct.

Note:TheinformationaboutconguringRAIDinthischapterisapplicableonlyforaWindowsenvironment.

ForinformationaboutconguringRAIDinaLinuxenvironment,contactyourLinuxsoftwareprovider.

InstallingSATAharddiskdrivesandconguringRAID

ThissectioncontainsinformationabouttherequirednumberofSATAharddiskdrivesforthesupportedlevel

ofRAIDandSATARAIDconguration.

InstallingSATAharddiskdrives

YourcomputermusthavetheminimumnumberofSATAharddiskdrivesinstalledforthesupportedlevelof

RAIDbelow:

•RAIDLevel0–Stripeddiskarray

–Twoharddiskdrivesminimum

–Betterperformancewithoutfaulttolerance

•RAIDLevel1–Mirroreddiskarray

–Twoharddiskdrivesminimum

–Improvedreadperformanceand100%redundancy

•RAIDLevel5–Block-levelstripeddiskarraywithdistributedparity

–Threeharddiskdrivesminimum

–Datastripedatthebytelevel

–Stripeerrorcorrectioninformation

–Betterperformanceandfaulttolerance

ToinstallanewSATAharddiskdrive,refertotheinstallationprocedurein“Replacingaharddiskdrive”in

theThinkStationHardwareInstallationandReplacementGuide.

ConguringthesystemBIOStoenableSATARAIDfunctionality

ThissectiondescribeshowtocongurethesystemBIOStoenableSATARAIDfunctionality.

Note:Usethearrowkeysonthekeyboardtomakeselections.

1.PressF1toenterthesystemBIOSsetup.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage41.

2.SelectDevices®IDEDrivesSetupandpressEnter.

3.SelectSATARAIDEnableandpressEnter.

4.SelectEnabledandpressEnter.

5.PressF10tosavethenewsettingsandexit.